(The locations and units in this German section have been made the same as
Rolf Dieter G?rigk's
former web page
"GPS Locations of Former NIKE Sites in Germany".
Sites & units are organized from north to south.

Google Earth set up for
German Nike sites (as of June 2007)
by Rolf Dieter G?rigk. You will need to have "Google Earth" loaded to view these.
Spotted by Thomas Olson and Thomas Page

Not all European Nike Sites did their annual refire from Crete or Sardinia.
Jan Korver provided an old order for a Netherlands unit
to refire at Ft. Bliss. (I obscured some serial # info), 1 MByte, added Aug 16, 2014

Please Note: The "special warheads" were physically under U.S. military control.
Nike units that were manned by other nations had U.S. troops physically present
controlling the warheads. The U.S. units had different unit names than the
unit names of the other nations. For an explanation of the dual role, please see
US Army units on NATO Countries Batteries
by Richard Scheffler
and Further comments

"DSP" means "Direct Support Platoon".

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Site ID or
center

Name, family name first
(rank & duty optional)

dates at
location

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Northern area - manned by German troops

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FlaRakBtl 24

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--1./24
E Tm 35th
A Tm 51st?

Elsfleth, 25 km NW Bremen
[{Ronald }Barracks located in Elsfeth on the Unterweser
between Brake and Bremen, on Federal Highway 212.
Base located in Moorriem (District of Wesermarsch). ]

Carberry, Thomas,
16B, PFC Guard through SP5 Senior Costodial Agent. - Married Elfi, a local girl from Elsfleth.
Left the service and became a police officer in Philadelphia.
HQ USAREUR CMR 420, Box1472 APO AE 09063

Jordan, Thomas,
My team commander's name was Harmatz who had also played football for the military academy in
west point. He was a great man that was very well respected He was proceeded by Lt by the name of Whitehouse

/76-/78

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Russell, John,
Sp/4, 24U Consumed more Becks bier than the law allowed, got into a couple brawls
with Coco & "Red" the cook. Had a great respect for our German Nike Comrads

Hart, Laurence W ,
SFC I was assigned as a Pvt E-2 in 1982 and was the Assembly & Maintenence
Sergeant from 1985-1987. The Administration area was in Edewecht, FRG and the
Launch area was located in Westerscheps, FRG. The Special Weapons were removed
in early 1987 and I was reassigned in March 1987.

Dittmar, Enno,
I served as Battery Control Officer (BCO) from Nov 86 thru May 88 (end of operational status),
my rank was 2nd Lt. Our liason team was D-Team 51st USAAD. We actually called ourselves the
"Delta Tigers" - complete with a badge and everything.
By the way: The actual name of the site was Ristedt (pretty close to Syke, mentioned here as
the site's location, but not the same place). - Berlin, Germany

Erich W. Iller,
IFC maintenance man and crew chief, MSGT
I currently teach the ROLAND ADA system at Eschweiler Germany.
From Rolf G?rigk "ROLAND is a short range air defense missile system (SHORAD).
(Missile operating range is about 8-11 km`s I guess.)"

Kendrick, Fred[ Stanley],
PFC left some great guys norman cherry Clifford jay /willy.
We all were in the casino bar when we got news kenedy was shot /
didn't take long for us to get back to base - fligerhorse air base
- love to hear from some of the guys / i have located bert olson through face book
- 10435 longview dr w foley al. 36535

Antritt, John,
Specialist with US Army It is great to find so many people that served during the
time that I did in these areas. I hope someone might recognize me and email.

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Blokesch, Wendelin,
FCO - says he was at Diepholz -
I was a fresh "Leutnant"/Second Lieutenant at that time and
suddenly found myself being in charge of the staff battery,
because our chief suffered a heart attack.

1/64-3/64

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Danyo, Edward,
I was a comm guy 31cv9 who ended up working in the crypto facility the whole time.
I was looking for the name of an old commander I served with.

8/83-12/86

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Fulmer, Brad,
CPT. A team maintance officer, detachment XO and Team Commander. Deactivated A team

8/84-7/87

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Harrison, Sandy,
Started as C Team Commander and then assumed 42d Det command. Left Barnstorf for
Ft. Bliss and some schooling and then in 1980 back to Germany as commander of
D Btry, 2/56 in Zweibrucken.

9/73-12/76

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Herbold, Paul E.,
A-Team Commander - I am currently writing a blog about my first 2 years in SASCOM with
the 1st USA Missile Det in Wesel. - Major, USA, Retired

/67

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Leary, David,
I was an MP -I was only on site as security for a couple of months prior to being shipped
back to the U.S., after the closure of D Team 66th. Good people and I enjoyed my time here
as well. - 1312 Sharon Ave. Zillah, WA 98953

10/86- /

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Meyer, Rolf, (E-mail bounces - "permanent failure")
Started as SPO, went through reserve officers training and was still on shift as Lt. in 7/72
(Nicknamed "Cola-Kid" by the US guys in Barnstorf") Great time with the US detachment there

10/70-7/72

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Miller, Glen,
MOS: 16B10 Nike Hercules Missile Crewmember. Thoroughly enjoyed my tour in the Barnstorf
area. I sm still in contact with German friends to this day!

Ponte, Thomas,
Still a 2nd LT. Transferred to Hqs USAREUR, DCSOPS, Nato support
& Special Weapons in 9/67. Served as a staff officer for a year before REFRAD.
Good experience serving at that level HQS. Got to authorize my old team in the
508th to draw their weapons after they passed all their inspections.

Valdez, Jose O.,
SGT,Crypto/Documents Custodian/EMAS/SANRAS, will always remember those
48hr SDNCO tours, and those long trips to Buren for materials with a German driver that
did not know his way around Germany.

7/79-7/81

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Vogt, Peter Repairs and Maintenance of Missile
TCG, Flight-Simulator, all Test-Sets, worked in Repair-Center and Field-Repairs at
all Sites 1-4./FlaRakBtl 25

03/77-02/81

--3./25
B Team, 42nd USA Arty Det

Wagenfeld, 60 km SSW Bremen

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Adcock, Phillip,
MOS 24U, SP4... Had a great time in Wagenfeld! A great time with
24 hr. CQ and down range duty at LEAST every 3-4 days! LOL I was promoted to
E-4 at Wagenfeld by the then, Command Sgt Major of the Army who visited our team

Carberry, Thomas,
Commissioned in Apr 78 and assigned to B Tm 42d in Wagenfeld -
Worked as Assembly Officer, then Security Officer and finally as Team Commander.
I beleive I am one of the few people that has pulled every position on the Custodial Teams from PFC Guard
to Team Commander (except cook) during my 9 years associated with these units.
I retired as a Major from HQ USAREUR in 1992 and stayed in Heidelberg. I am currently a DOD Civilian
working for HQ USAREUR as the Readiness Officer.
- HQ USAREUR CMR 420, Box1472 APO AE 09063

11/78-11/81

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Colbert, Steven J,
Rank SPC, MOS: 94B, After the deactivation I was PCS'd to the @3d USAFAD in t'Harde the Netherlands,
upon PCSing in 1992 for recruiting duty, I spent time in both the Pittsburgh and Chicago Recruiting
Battalions, with my final assignment as the HHC 1SG for "The Old Guard"

Cruz, Cesar,
SGT Cesar Cruz custodial agent, I remenber each one of the men that work on security,
also the good time at the DISCO. I was PX dispatch. We was small group but very good soldier and friends.
I would like to make contact with friends that works during this years at Bravo Team (1980-1982). Hi, Sgt. Philip
- HC 2 Box 7095 Las Piedras PR 00771-9779

5/80-6/82

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Downs, Ronald P.,
Was assigned to the unit 6 months after it arrived in Germany. The Team Commander was Lt Miller
from Morgantown, West Virginia. Team Sgt was SFC G.J. Mann. There were a lot of folks from Tennessee.
Would like to hear from any who may make contact. I went by the Nickname "Chantilly". That was my hometown
in Virginia. I now live in Gary Texas in the winter and Canon City Colorado in the summer. Wife and I are retired.
Hope to hear from former members soon.- P. O. Box 261 Gary TX 75642

7/63-9/65

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Gans, Nicholas A.,
while waiting for the finalization of my clearance, the battery's Second Cook was relieved of duties and I was asked to "fill in"..
This later became my permanent MOS. I served in this position approximately 1 year. I was then transferred
to HQ/A Battery where I served until the end of my enlistment in 2/66..

12/64-2/66

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Halliwell, James R.,
16B, Specialist, Still remember those cold days standing guard on the barns.

12/84-12/86

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Hoppenstedt, Wolfram,
Served as draftee of the German Luftwaffe. Crewman 2 at Launching Section
(Combat Crew of Feldwebel Bunzel)

10/84-9/85

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Jones, Daniel F,
E-5 leader of the 24U Nike Missile. Greatest time of my life. We were the champs of beer drinking.

3/67-6/69

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Kernan, James,
I arrived at 42nd with a number of new E2's for custodial duty... what I remember is all we did
until almost Christmas was train and wait for our security clearences... I had a short period where I actually
went to the missile site and had guard duty on for 12 hours and off for 12 hours (we trained during those 12 hours)...
after Christmas I was told that I was being transferred to the 552hdq and my job was ass't operations sargeant ...
I believe this was unusual since the operation sargeant was an e9 rank and I was a know nothing e2 draftee
who at that time had about 1 year left in the army ... it was however a very interesting 12 months
and I'm grateful I had that opportunity.

6/65-1/66

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Martin, Gary L.,
assistant team commander and as team commander of B Team, 42nd US Artillery Detachment, Wagenfeld, Germany
My wife and I spent our first three years of married life in Germany and lived for several
years in Diepholz, Germany where I commuted to the site daily. My wife and I enjoyed the country and
were able to visit a total of eleven countries during my tour there with B Team. I bought a new VW from a dealer
in Bremen and drove the car for three years - finally shipping it back to the states when my tour was over.
I was able to learn quite a bit of German during my tour and had many opportunities to use the language
both in my position as team commander while supporting one of the Batteries of the 25th FlaRak Battalion.
I would love to hear from any individuals that served in the 42nd Arty Detachment from May 1963 to May 1966.
I did recognize three names on the website listing that were in my unit. Last year (2005), I was able
to locate the commander of the 42nd Arty Detachment who I served under. His name is Heston Higginbotham
(captain in 1966) and he now retired and lives in Loveland, Colorado. I would appreciate contact
with anyone associated with my unit. It would be interesting to hear where everyone went after serving in Germany.

Rose, Robert T.,
NATO custodial duty - baby sat the weapons. - and part of
the dismantling for the German special weapon program. -
4526 Rivermist Drive Melbourne Florida 32935

3/83-3/86

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Schlossmacher, Hans-Georg,
And I tell you what man !! The beer in your Basement bar was the best of all.
Pinedo and I emptied hundreds of bottles each.
Next morning it was almost impossible to do the Job as LOPAR Operator in the IFC.
But I had a great time in Wagenfeld.
Would be nice to hear from other US or German veterans.

Oliver, Jack,
spec 4 sca and sanras qualified. Spent over 8000 hrs on guard duty in lohne "downrange"
Thought it would never end. Made many german friends and learned the language out of bordom.
Even married a german girl that lived right down town named elisabeth kreymborg
(not still married). Anyone remember the club i-punkt? How about shutzenfest?
azbach fantas? My c.o was lt. steven edwards, a nice guy. never caught me sleeping on c.q.
-Talk about boredom. anyone that served with me, i'd love to hear from you.361-592-3638 in texas.
- 1518 virginia st. kingsville tx, 78363

3/72-10/74

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Shanks, Edward,
Great time, my ancestors are Grerman and mom was THRILLED at the level of my language skills.
Remember martins Bistro downtown? I still have contact with martin and Karen. Would like to know what happened
to Ulla Hempleman. I remember Biggers, Walter Hare, Kie Deswit, Tom Harmes, Purcell in the kitchen, and I forget
his name, cool kid from Jersey, was pissed that he missed woodstock, and my BEST friend Bill Nierman from Minnesota.
( Bill stayed up and shot the breeze with me ALL NIGHT the night I received word that my father had passed away.
I will NEVER forget.) And my roommate Bob Vernali from brooklyn, Cecil Wise? Man the memories keep flooding in.
- Delray Beach FL 33445

1/70-12/71

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Sutton, David L,,
Started as SCA, Moved to Security SGT,
Transferred to HQ/42nd at Barnsdorf as Crypto NCO

Williams, Joseph,
Team Commander, 1Lt,
Lohne, Team C, 42d Arty Det
Passed TPI and NSI, Stocked, then warheads removed. Site was sinking and unsafe.
Later had to move all warheads to the
Ord Company via first ever NATO Nuc convoy. Left when I made Captain.
- 18 Belleza Way, Hot Springs Village, AR 71909

Abbott, Georgia,
SP4, 71LF5, mainly pulled duty 24 on 24 off in the box.
"The box" is where we received traffic and decoded it. It didn't have
any windows and it was tiny. So everyone called it the "box".

8/83-4/86

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Breslin, Peter A.,
16B, SP/4 acting SP/5 With original deployment of 51st USAAD,
like many others, was transferred early on to the 35th or other established teams.

10/73-11/74

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Bufford, John,
E-4 / Spec 4, I was team clerk/armorer/docs clerk. I was at a Nike-Herc site,
even though my MOS was field artillery. - received a security clearance in
field artillery at Ft. Hood in 155 self-propelled, FDC, 13E20.
I did not have to be a guard, which was pretty much 24 on / 24 off.
I did, however, have to pull CQ quite often - I'm guessing now, but
2 to 3 times per week??
I was able to bring over my wife of 3 yrs and our 4 mos old son.
We lived off-base, in the town, in the same bldg as our team leader and XO.
Other enlisted personnel with families lived in separate duplex type housing
a few blocks away. It was a pretty miserable experience, but we made it.
At least I had my family.
- my remembrance is during the '72 Olympics in Munich.. and that we were
only under a "threat" at Wiesmoor..
I think it was, a faction of the Bader-Meinhof group attempted to penetrate
our missile site. .."

Deffenbaugh, Rick,
crypto operatior, spec4 I was in a band called "The Bats" we played in club every weekend.
I loved may unit, except I was on call 24/7. I had to leave a phone# everywhere I went.
Made a lot of good friends army & civilians. - 2725 33rd ave ne hickory, nc 28601

4/65-4/67

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Fordyce, Keith,
Got transferred after a year to C Team. Year in A Team was unforgettable.
Good friends and good times. Please write. E-mail pictures, if any. if you remember.

Johnson, Andy,
Fortunately for me, the batteries were not finished and there were no warheads yet.
So, life was not nearly as arduous as described in your website. I only lived on Jever
Flugplatz a short while and then we were allowed to move to off base housing.
"Fresh" Lt. goes to Germany

4/63-1/65

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Kettel, Charley (Karl),
Our location was then in Mederns (LA). My friend was Joe Blanchard. From 1971 I was the crew chief
of the "Charlie Crew" LA Mederns. It was a very long time ago. But I have not forgotten the time.
It was a nice time. With kind regards and "Missile away"

/70-/73

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Kjellin, Tom,
any one who served with me and pulled guard duty and had fun with the herms let me
know, what a great experience

4/72-1/74

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McDonald, Michael,
E5, Mess Sargeant, met James Tate as a Company Clerk, I spent the best years I was in
the Army there at Rodenkirchen, - Juarez 75, Col. Centro, San Blas, Nayarit, MEXICO

Russell, John,
Sp/5, 24U With A-Team. Filled in for the HQ Warrant part of the time while we had none,
making visits to our other teams for Nike Warhead Assembly TPI's. Served 8 months
at E-Tm in Elsfleth, 6 months at D-Tm in Aurich. Ran A-Tm/HQ's canteen for a while,
so I consumed lots of Pilsner. Overall worked hard but still had a ball most of the time.
Would like to locate German friends: Charles Wm Pfeifer, Mike Lutschwager. - L.A. California

4/68-11/68

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Stearns, Floyd,
Member of C Team - 35th USAAD I can't recall when we moved to Wiesmoor,
maybe around August '64. My MOS was 225.1 - 13872 S. Park. Dr., Magalia, CA 95954

Stoll, Patrick C,
nuclear missile guard - duty sucked and even though I was a kid at the time I knew it sucked. When I first
arrived I was immediatly deemed overweight and flagged after reaching PFC the weight standards were a
joke but when we has tactical evals I was always the guy they put up front to answer the questions about
site security I knew that site book like I wrote it and my higher ups knew I did.
I also develop a disease of my skin while serving as a nuclear missile guard anyone else suffer from skin
problems I am at 30% thru the VA just curious if anyone knows of anyone else who might have similar problems
my condition was diagnosed as Hidrenitis Supporativa no cure for it but I have had over 20 operations
from these growths I beleive that there may be more people out there with skin problems from standing
around these nukes if so contact me. Its great to see this site and hope to hear from some old friends

Thomson, Michael S.,
I was stationed for about one year in Jever, before being
transferred to the 552nd Artillery Group headquarters located in Sogel, Germany.

9/63-9/64

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Wesley, Joe,
As an enlisted man SP/4, (16B ) the duty was dreadful with those never ending inspections and preparation.
But I must admit, we made up for it once off duty. After 37 years, I think Jever Bier is still leaching from my skin.
Another thing I remember well was the crazy cook and mess Sgt. My experience with the 26th FlaRakBtl was the greatest.
Once I learned some German, I really got to know a lot of the guys. We shared a lot of biers and good times together.

BTW, I remember how the US Air Force F-4 would occasionally buzz the site down range. It makes military sense that they
would have destroyed the site if we didn't in the required two hours. We were expendable.

After leaving the Army in 1970, I became a law enforcement officer and retire as a Lieutenant after 31 years on the force.
I'm now enjoying my retirement in Florida.

Atchison, Ronald,
Also belonged to C team in Wiesmoore, nick name Big-Mack
looking for Kevin G. Mitchell

3/79-6/82

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Behrens, Hermann Josef,
MTR Operator, later I built a little model (scale appr.1:25 )
of "my" Radar Tracking Mounting Station. The System was very sensitive, always
adjustments necessary! Even the LPU`s [Launcher Position Units] were never stable.
Greetings to all Nike Operators. - Weissach - Germany

Lowe, Ben, (deceased)
1LT -- was A&M, then Security, then Team Commander of B/35th USAAD. Then to Fort Bliss
(1/7 ADA) as OIC of FDC; and then out of the Army to the US Foreign Service in Washington,
Latin America, Africa, and southeast Asia. Retired from reserves as MAJ (doing MI for Southcom).
Now practicing law in Chicago -- would love to hear from anyone in the 35th or 26 FlaRak in those days.
- 639 N. Humphrey Ave, Oak Park IL 60302

01/79-05/81

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McDonald, Michael,
Sp5, Mess Steward in charge of the Mess hall inside a Luftwafe Base in Rodenkirchen,
discharged on 12/66, now living in Mexico. met James tate as a clerk -
Juarez 75 Col. Centro. San Blas, Nay, Mexico

Phillips, Louis,
SP5, 22F20 Technical advisor on the Nuclear Warhead. During this time
there were 5 teams A-E. A in Jever, B in Rodenkirchen, C in Weismoor, D in Aurich,
E in Elsfleth. spelling may be incorrect. We had large Nuclear warheads on
15 missiles and were ready for bear. Thank GOD we never used them because
I would have without hesitation.

Schmidt, Rand,
“B” team commander. For some reason I did not remember life in northern Germany
being as bleak and boring as Richard and Bruce
( extended comments/memories ) describe.
In Rodenkirchen,
I shared a very comfortable townhouse with my lieutenants, Ben Ash and David Pearce,
found time for trips to Bremen, Amsterdam, Oslo and Austria, met a German schoolteacher
who later became my wife, and somehow managed to be awarded an Army Commendation
Medal for my efforts. At the time I spoke reasonably fluent German, and did not
experience any significant issues with the German officers, although some of them
did tend to be rather formal. -
In 1971 I tranferred to AGC and in July was sent off to Indianapolis
(to learn how to be a personnel officer)

Ebbecke, Frank,
Asst Team Cdr. A&M , Did a year after on comptroller's staff at Ft. Bliss. Left active service Jan 82
Gadded about for a few years, went back to school, got teaching cert. and masters.
Was part of several reserve units. Activated in 2003 for a year (no Iraq) Staff work in VA.
"Retired" from reserve in 2006 as LTC, waiting till 60. Currently work as a counselor for
special education students in San Antonio, TX

11/78-12/80

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Everett, Charles,
MOS-14C, Assistant Team Commander, Translator, attended 40th
3/26 Nike FlaRak Reunion in October 2003 in Wiesmoor. Their next
reunion is slated for September 2006 - and once again any and all former members of
C Team, 35th USAAD are invited. This reunion will conincide with the annual
Wiesmoor flower show and parade that they have yearly. The German Air Force
Garrison in Aurich has pledged ists support for this event.

The Germans have just published a book on their modern air defense entitled
"Blazing Skies" ( I think that is the correct title) and I will attempt to
obtain a copy of such in the near future.
- Fredericksburg, Virginia

Hewitt, Philip,
Warhead Custodian 24U and exclusion area guard.
This would be my last assignment in the ADA. In 1971 I reuped for SATCOM school and left for
Ft. Monmouth NJ in June of 1971. 244 Delynn Dr, Hazel Green, AL 35750

McKinney, John B.,
Team Commander (1LT). Was the second Team Commander of Team C. Moved Team from Jever to Weismoor
in '64 after site constructed. Left after promotion to CPT and went to 570th GP (SASCOM).
Later worked at Ft Bliss with the 26th FlsRakBtl Commander during my time in Team C and even
later with 1 of the German officers from the Weismoor site.

3/64-9/65

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McLaughlin, James W,
Performed as A&M Officer, Security Officer and Team Commander until we closed down
the unit. Best Experience and Best Tour of my now 28 year military career.
- 996 Hacienda Drive, Westminster, MD 21157

Schlosshan, Dieter-K.,
was a Computer guy for the rest of my life. I still have good frendships
to my former old
comrades of the military. Recently I was in my old barracks in Wiesmoor and took the
following pictures , here:
The barracks are not used anymore as you can see. I would be pleased about old
contacts

Hurd, Chuck,
Assistant and Team Commander at D/35th USAAD; XO at HQ, 35th. D team was wild--failed
several inspections and went through a big investigation. The worst and toughest
assignment of my 25 plus years active duty. Made some great friends despite it all.
Eventually made Colonel and commanded a brigade at Fort Bliss, then retired.
Now living in Monterey, California and still working.
- see ShapeUp

7/72-4/74

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Russell, John,
Sp/4 I was 1 of 3 24U's on that site so I had a good bit of play time and was just
a short hop over to Amsterdam. Before long A Team wound up with No 24U's and so
I was picked for the dreaded assignment and sent to A Team, which was quite unpopular
due to its colocated with HQ 35th USAAD. It was known as a place that young soldiers
could get into trouble quite easily. I went as instructed and couldn't have enjoyed
more eventhough I courted disaster often. Thanks SASCOM!

de Vries, Wout,
23N20 DSU radar and computer technician. Modified the Nike system up
till the block 2 mod. Block 1 was installed by the Sierra company. Worked together
with NAMSA and the contracters HSA (NL) and SABCA (Belgian) and Vitro Selenia(Italy)
Experienced 3 life firings at Kreta.

5/68-4/80

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Dubbelman, Aart Marinus,
maintenanceman BCvan RCvan Radars en Computor,
Royal Netherland Airforce, Ord.6, including modifications block 1,2 en 3
Started as SFC later SM
The Dutch Airforce started with 8 site later to be reduced to 4 sites (1974)

Newberry, Tommie E COL,
1 LT, 1 year as Security Officer, 6 months as Assembly and Monitoring Officer,
1 1/2 years as Team Commander. I retired from the Army in Jan 2004
and reside in Huntsville, AL. [was] on active duty as the PM for Army Lower
Tier Air
and Missile Defense (PATRIOT, PATRIOT PAC-3, Medium Extended Air Defense)
Good to get reacquaintted with that part of my history. Thanks for keeping
this site updated. It's fun to check it from time to time and stay updated
with old friends.

06/77-06/80

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Novak, Glenn,
I was a SPEC 5 turned hard stripe. I was a 24U20, and I pretty much ran the maintenance section as I was promotable
for the second half of my deployment. I was a B-side as well. Initially, prior to Germany, 1982- 05/84,
I worked at McGregor Range, Launcher 22 and 23 evaluating ASP's for our foreign counterparts. -
address: 4409 Whitfield Cir., Lexington, KY 40515

Flynn, Patrick,
I was in Handorf 570th USAAG from 09/70 until 01/72 Rank Spc4 and I worked
out of s4 as a courier between our headquarters an the american sector starting at Giesen and heading South.
I was the link to the American sector for our nike bases out of headquarters
570th. So I was stationed at headquarters.
It was a great time. Had a Brit driver ever week and traveled south to the american sector for repairs of
equipment and to pickup supplies.

09/70-01/72

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Greeson, Lamar,
24U (NIKE-HURCULES Custodial Mechanic) E-5 with ?B? team 509th in 70/71 stationed with the
Royal Netherlands Air Force and wore the SASCOM patch. I was wondering where the city of Schoeppingen
originated in the article? The small village I remember nearest ?B? Team was Erle.

Lavery, Hugh
24u20 worked with the dutch site was closed went to verden
- po box 32 ELLISBURG , NY 13636

8/74-7/77

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Meijn, Pieter,
When we came in Handorf, from ft.Bliss El Paso, there was nothing.
We started with trainings-sites for the A sqn. and the B sqn. Later we got the numbers of
118 and 119 Squadrons. In 1961 we got operational with the 119 sqn. I was working on the
Launching Area as a Section Chief. It was a very hard-working time in the beginning,
but it was nice and instructive.

Murphy, Daniel J.,
Sp4 Site Security.was at the gate when the convoy arrived with the "special weapons"
told by the warrent officer to open the gate and get the hell out of the way! It was
a great time with even greater people to serve with from our 1stLts White,Gurley and
Beeson,the noncoms Zentz,Simon all the support dutch personnel (Sorry about the broken
wicker furniture in your sgt club,you guys wanted to learn about American football)I
loved my time their.This is for Meloon,Rawlings,Cole and the others from our detachment
who are no longer with us.You will not be forgotten! and one other thing Mox Nix ---
I just wanted to add that when our group arrived in Handorf we were A team I have a group
photo taken in 1967 with the placard that was erected on the out side of our mess hall
which says A team 509th arty det.I think maybe the later groups that arrived their the
designation may have changed but in 1967-68 it was A team.I will send you a copy of the
photo as soon as I can figure out how to scan and send on my windows 1898.

de Vries, Wout,
23N20 DSU radar and computer technician, ... at Kreta. ... I saw
the same system again in 1998 during life firings of our Hawk system from the
Missile Group The Peel where we now have Patriot.

Gustasfon, Frank,
SP-5 24U20 I had an interesting time - It seemed we were always understaffed
and pulled way to many 24 hour shifts. I ran the PX for a while and ended up
in charge if the Maintenance section before my escape back to South Dakota.
I had a lot of fun drinking beer from the boot with Big Red. I remember
Starnes, Schiavone, Strum and the dog bite. The Dutch were great. Gus

Schiavone, Peter,
Security guard, Tool man for the warhead crew and various other positions.
Worked the guard shack on the hill way too many times. Had some good times
in Bielefield at the clubs although it was hard to remember some of them
because of the beer and rum. I got initiated by C Darling, G Kohout,
Buikema and I think Ronnie Starnes may have helped too. Good times.
I remember an episode with Tom W. and Gary S. and an empty fire extinguisher.
Funny. Enough said for now. - 11911 94th Ave E Puyallup, WA 98373

Sturm, David R.,
Spec 5 Assembly & Maintenance team, as a documents
clerk and also as one of the PX stewards. I remember once leaving the warhead
building and being severely bitten by a guard dog. I received several stitches.
He must have had a Russian handler at one time.

Siewert, Henk,
Computer and Switchboard, Fire control was at Bad Essen. Launch-site
was at Bohmte. First we ware stationed at Osnabruck, in English Baracks.
Later, in 1969 I think, moved to new camp at Bohmte.

de Gruiter, Robert J,
Captain, Position: Team Commander Transferred to Special Forces with home station as Fort Bragg, NC.
Duty mostly in South West Asia, retired as Major in 1997. Currently working in energy sector with Halliburton.
Would love to hear from anyone stationed at those locations during the above time periods. Oh by the way,
I do speak and write Dutch, tot horen! 12 Rosemont Dr, Hattiesburg, MS 39402 USA

Meijn, Pieter,
Came there as a LCO, and directly I came in the NATO Taceval team for the Nike Hercules
Launching Area. In 1984 I got the function Supervisor for the Launching Area Operations in the rank of SM.
Dr.W.Dreessingel 75 6836 CP Arnhem. Netherlands

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Staas, Arie,
launchcrew member, I had a very good time here aspecially a good
relation with the American soldiers ..I've dined with them several times ,
for example a lobster for just $ 1.65 !!

Duber, Terry,
draftee. I became an SP4 and was the unit clerk.
Small bases up north - great times! Organized a basketball team to play a game against
a local German team, and then noticed posters advertising the game on the way to Dorsten -
"Dorsten VFB gegen USA"! So we knew we were in for it - we were representing the entire country!
Our ragtag bunch walked into a small but packed gymnasium. After borrowing some uniform tops
so we'd at least look like a team, we took the floor, lost by only a point, then joined our hosts
in a local gasthaus for beers. Liked it so much over there I took my discharge there.

Tucker, M.W. "Skip",
Scott Hileman and myself arrived together in '73 fresh out of Ft Bliss & 16B
training only to become Custodial Agents, Senior Custodial Agents and finally
Ass't Security Sgt. After the last Special weapons were flown out myself, Sgt
Hileman, Sp4 Rick Harper and a few others were transferred to an All-American
site and unfortunately endured our final six months in the "REAL ARMY" which was
quite the rude awakening after being on something of a McHales Navy type mentality.

Duty: Main duty: Logistical follow-up on all Belgian Nike BCA ( 7 and later on 8 units) this consisted of a daily
report about mayor technical problems. At the same time I was a member of the Command Inspection Team.

Second duty: I was a member of the ORE and Pre-ASP eval team

6/73-7/77

9 Msl Wing (Belgian)
A-Team, 507th US ARTY Det

Grefrath, {Gielen, JC} Handled "special warheads"
This used to be a Dutch site which we took over.
Some A-Team pictures
from David Knight
(which site is A-Team?)

Oreskovich, John,
Team commander of the Team A 507th. I was stationed in Dattlen and Grefrath/Kempen.
Dates September 1973 to December 1976. I don't remember anyone taking photographs..verboten.
Would love to compare notes with you or others. I live near Portland, Oregon.

Sherman, Lee G.,
SP/4 detachment mail clerk. Headquaters Co. & Team A. Spent my last 3 months in the Army in Germany stationed in Frankfurt
with the 3rd armored division working at the main Frankfurt APO as a clerk and living in Drake Kaserne.
DEROS to the US in June 1975 where I was separated from active duty at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on
June 1, 1975, after 3 years active duty, with 2 years overseas duty in Germany.

6/74-2/75

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Stokes, Ernest,
A-Team. Team XO, then Team Commanding Officer, 1st Lt. - I established the bar, the movie and the PX.

Alford, Joe D.,
CA, SCA, Asst. Security Sergant, Security Sergant. Had a great time at Site Sonebeck.
Started in Nov.1974 when D. Team was deployed getting Team ready to recive the
"Special Weapons"in April 1976. Many grat parties with the Team and the Geeks(Belgians)
and the Germans. Had so much fun with the Germans that I married one. Have lived in Xanten
ever sice I was discharged in 1980. I would like to hear from more of the orginal Delta Team 507th

11/74-4/80

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Bruynooghe, Patrick,
I started on the IFC as Switchboard Operator, then Range Operator
and the last 2 years MTR Operator. My last rank was kpc (korporaal chef) - 9 W MSL 54 Sq

Deschaine, Robert,
I was sent as a teletype operator but found the job was being done by the Belgians.
I was a spec four working in the XO'S office doing communication security
and also working on the on the A/B team for decoding. - 381 Main St. Madawaska, Maine 04756

12/78-7/81

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Fery, Danny (Daniel),
NCO Microwave Technecian to the 13 wing in very close contact with the 43third
arty headquarter ( FIRST TO BATTLE SECOND TO NONE ) and the signal corps located in Thum Germany.
I am searching for one of my best friend PAUL HECKEL he was Microwave Tech. in Thum
Signal Corps Station. I am now Belgian Air Force Adjudant Amunitions maintenance chief
in the Belgian Ardens 50 km from Bastogne
- 98a rue Bousserez 6769 Sommethonne Belgium

Colby, Richard L,
Member of original unit, one of six 225.1 to be housed at Thum site(Team C in Euskirchen not ready yet)
two teams and hq in one barracks was crowded for four months. No nukes while I was there, we developed
a "silent drill" where our warhead assembly team of 3-225's and 3-177's would unpack a training warhead
and install and ready missle by the book in under 28 minutes.

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Goettlich, Walter C.,
Team A Maintenance Officer and eventually became Team A Commander. Detachment Commander was CPT Clarence Mathis
followed by CPT Fred Pritikin. The Det. 1SG was Elwin Beck. Some of the folks in Team A were 2LT Dan Re, 2LT Dennis Welch,
SSG Melvin Boone, SSG Jim Egan and SSG Arthur Schade.

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Miller, Gregory,
A Team, 43rd USAAD was outside of Duren near a tiny farming village called Thum
(the remains of the site can be seen on Google Maps). I was there in the early 80?s.
Usually, the keys to the barns were kept by an ?A side? (SCA) and a ?B side?,
the ADA person, thus maintaining the two person rule.

Anderson, James,
[James pointed out a problem that has been corrected :-)) - Thanks]
Delta team 43rd US ARTY Det was at
Blankenheim. Bravo should be at Kaster. I was stationed at D Team 43rd at
Blankenheim for the years 1979-1981.

Hightower, Richard,
I was station in Blankenhiem, Germany in 1972-1974 and was one of the SCA Downrange
in the guardhouse. Very accurate description of life in the Army at the time,
but I made the most of it and had a pretty good time while I was there. Made some good
friends and had some pretty good times. Even made time to see some of
Europe.....Amsterdam, Belguim and of course some Germany sights.
Thanks for bring back some Good Old Memories!!

Williquette, Michael,
225.10 later changed to 22f20 war head-nuclear specialist E-5.
Supported by Belgian air force
Receive nukes some time in 1965 spring and immediatly installed.
They pulled all PMs on the missiles. We were delegated to all PMs on our W/Hs Nukes.
One of our guards was on duty with his Belgian counter part inside a barn with 8
Nukes inside. The Belgian guard started to screw around with his Thompson Sub
Machine Gun and loaded a round which accidentally went off. A massive search
began along with notification to SASCOM headquarters and Buren command.
There was more brass on our site than you could shake a stick at. The round was
never found. Funny at now but not at that time.
- 3824 flintville road, green bay, wisc. 54313

4/65-1/67

FlaRakBtl 21

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--1./FlaRakBtl 21
--Delta Team ?52nd? USAAD
D Team 66th USAAD

Warendorf , 70 Km NE Dortmund - Westkirchen 20Km S from Warendorf.

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Blazevic, Peter,
Plt Sgt 2nd Plt (NCOIC Site Security Control Center),
we received all the "warheads" since the SSCC was ours within the battalion.
The site went out of status December 19th, 1986. Always remember the good times, good
comradeship, both the US and Germans

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Butler, Ronald,
Sgt. E-5 in the launcher area.I made Sgt E-5 July 17, 1975.
I lived on Warendorfer Strasse in beautiful Westkirchen.

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Capshaw, David D,
my first duty assignment from ait at ft bliss. all I can remember is pulling guard duty. I 1049nd out to vietnam
in I think april 67. two tours on a hawk site. A 6/56 ada

Leary, David,
I was an MP just out of boot camp and AIT. Other security personel were infantry. I still have a lot
of good memories about everyone I worked with. We were a close knit team and I was saddened when
the site closed. The only thing I regret is not getting out and seeing more of the country, but we worked 24on/24off/admin day. The town we were in was beautiful. The German people and air force personel were
great. I've thought often about travelling back there for a visit. For anyone interested I took a
few pictures of the sites closing day (missle removal) and still have them.
You can email me at djl1004@hotmail.com. - 1312 Sharon Ave. Zillah, WA 98953

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Lewandowski, Jeffrey C.,
I ran the COMSEC for the detachement as an SP4. I remember waking up the first morning
with cows grazing about 20 yards from my window. Did'nt like the rural location at first,
but grew to love living on the local economy and the culture. Went to a lot of Schutzenfests
and drank plenty of good beer. We told the locals who asked about nuclear arms that we
either cook or clerks. We had protestors about once a month and Russian "spies" watching
occasionally during monthly PM. Would love to here from other team members.

5/84-10/85

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Meichsner, Andreas A.,
launching area, SPO and Crew-Chief. 1./FlaRakBtl 21 is Ennigerloh-Westkirchen.
Later this unit was the first in Germany using the Patriot system.
Anyone who wants to contact me, do it and send me a mail.
!!! I could use any type of Nike-Hercules pictures. Especially from starts and fail safe bursts.
Landsberger Stra?e 1, 33449 Langenberg, Germany

Meskanick, John A.
I was responsible for assembly
and maintenance of the ten nuclear warheads that were a part of the
Battery's missile inventory.We had eight weapons equipped with 3 kiloton
warheads and two equipped with 30 kiloton warheads.

Weinschenker, Kurt,
Team Clerk. Never dreamed I would be stationed in a small town in
Nordrhein-Westfalen when I signed up. 1st site I helped shut down.
Now digital journalist at WTRF-TV.

3/86-11/86

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Wills, Michael,
Guard Duty,Guard Duty, and yes more Guard Duty but, it wasn't all bad.
It wasn't until years later that I realized how lucky I was to serve there.
I was only 17 when I arrived in country and left going on 21.
I wished I had stayed in. - 78 Myrtle Ave Battle Creek, MI 49037

Hetzel, Bob,
Great duty, except for curfew. Soest was a beautiful old city.
Hours of pool and pinochle in the barracks.

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Guillen, Alfonso (Al) Jr.,
SP5, 16B20, but was assigned as the Detachment Clerk with additional duties as Crypto Clerk.
I worked with a fine group of soldiers that took their job very seriously
and assured that everything we did was to the highest standard possible. These fellows
were Bill Elliott, Bill Vitick, Ernesto Borgards, Stanley Muncharian, Leslie
Arakawa, Bill Porter, Dennis Hunt, Captain Barbour, Captain Bradford, 1SG St. Amand, 1LT Curtis,
Our unit was a custodial unit where the German Soldiers had the Launcher Crewman duties. The U.S.
soldiers, a small contingent, guarded the warheads since the missiles belonged to the Germans.
The German civilians that provided KP support and grounds keeping support were wonderful and
respected us as we respected them. Buecke was a village that had a population of approximately
50 people yet it supported two Gastadts, Anton's being the largest and closest to the HQ.
The neighboring towns were Korbecke and Soest. My ETS was 25 November 1974. I returned to
CONUS and graduated from University in 1978 and retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as a
Major in 1993. I am presently a Chemistry professor and administrator at Texas State
Technical College in Harlingen, TX . 1902 N. Loop 499, Harlingen, TX 78550 , 956-364-4751

9/73-11/74

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Pugh, Francis,
I was the first MP to be a custodial agent there. I wasn't met with open arms,
until the people there really got to know me. Well had a good time there
except for the long hours and many days

Carlos, Benjamin A.,
Draftee assigned to FRG because I'd studied German in high school and college.
Volunteered to go to Vietnam to escape duty at the Special Ammo site. While in Vietnam applied for and was accepted to OCS.
Irony: was commissioned Field Artillery and assigned to Special Ammo duties. After 28 years, retired as a Colonel,
still marked by my initial tour with Team B, 66th ADA Det, 5th Gp, SASCOM, Holzwickede-Unna,
Rheinland-Westfalen, Federal Republic of Germany. - 1158 Robindale Drive, Great Falls, VA 22066

6/67-/68

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Horn, Rodney,
11b E4 It was some of the best times in my life. Lived off base,party alot,saw some great concerts.
Your 19 living in germany It was the best!!!!

Smith, C. Donald,
SP-4, I was stationed there from the age of 19 through nearly 22. Initially i
was in the Group that did maintenance work (or at least trained to do it), got sick of the
SP-5 I had to work with and transferred to the guard group. Was in charge of the on duty guards
(every three days) for nearly a year before i went home. Was a punk when i got there,
became a man there. So good times, some bad times, some good people and some not so good.
My first time being with such a diverse group enthically speaking. i learned a ton.
Glad for my time there. - PO Box 24689, Federal Way, Washington 98093

06/67-09/69

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Stribling, Roy,
Custodial Agent (11B MOS) and Senior CA - Time washes away the bad memories and leaves
the good ones. Enjoyed my time in Holzwickede (including marrying a local girl) and would like to hear
from others who served there. - Deer Park TX

2/76-8/78

--4./FlaRakBtl 21
--- C Team 66th USAAD 5th Gr.

Datteln 30 Km N Dortmund, 60 Km NE Dusseldorf,
[Nordrhein Westfalen]

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Donschy, Martin,
I joined German Air Force air defence for some 10 years as a BC maintenance,
last rank SFC. Started the career as a switchboarder (known
as Murphy) with great success. I think this nike site in Datteln was closed
this year and I followed the dying german sites
southbound to 2./FlaRakBtl. 22 located at Burbach

12/78-/87

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Miller, Joseph,
special weapons custodial unit. Datteln was and still is a terrific town.
We did not have Dog Handlers assigned to our Team. The 66th HQ was located in Soest-Korbecke,
a small village (at the time) near Soest which is located about thirty miles east of Dortmund.
While we were part of 5th Group, which was under SASCOM. However, the only patch we were
allowed to wear was the USAREUR patch. After 1966, command of the detachments in Germany
was shared between the 5th, 294th and 552nd Groups while the 66th remained under 5th Group.

When I arrived in country, the 66th was under the command of Major Singletary and "C" Team
was commanded by a Captain, who was within a few months replaced by Captain David G.Hansen.
In fact, the entire five years I was stationed in Datteln, we seldom had a LTs commanding
the unit. Although I seem to recall that 1LT Jean Halperin commanded the unit at one point
but was replaced by a Captain. In fact, while our team usually had its full compliment of
officers, it did seem as if many LTs and Captains were only in the unit for a short time
(two years or less) before being reassigned. Capt Jesse Myers was in command when I was
reassigned stateside.

1/64-1/69

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Obert, Mark,
We were a custodial unit on a German Air Force base.D btry 4/21 flarak.
It was great duty.Alot of work and also alot of fun.What a great place for an
18 year old to be!

3/76-5/81

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Oreskovich, John,
I was stationed in Dattlen and Grefrath/Kempen.
Dates September 1973 to December 1976.
Would love to compare notes with you or others. I live near Portland, Oregon.

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Ryals, Carl V.,
SP4, 24U, Electronics mechanic. Closed C-team in '84, moved to B-team in
Holzwickede which closed in Aug '85. Served in D team, 52nd USAAD in Oedingen
until April '86.
I will never forget the 5th USAAD! EVER!

/83-/84

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Schneider, William,
Had a great time in Germany. Would like to go back some time. -
we supported Btry 4, 21st Rak Art Bt

/68-/69

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Wilson, Stephen R.,
Great duty, especially for a draftee trained as 11B. Worked as team clerk
in Datteln. Much beer consumed at Western Saloon and Stadtschanke. Worked for
lieutenants Kulesza, Telepun, and Curtis. My good friends were Steve Navolio
and George Saxton. Returned to Datteln in 1990 to see outside of Kaserne and
house where I had an upstairs apartment.

Jula, John J,
I can remember my tour there as if it were yesterday, Team commander was 1LT Butch Henderson,
Security Officer was 2LT Nate Woodard, Team Sgt was SFC George Mann, Security Sgt was
SGT Ed Beaston, ASSY SGT was SSG Jackie Knapp, after his departure I was promoted and became
the ASSY SGT. It was a virtual family affair, due to always being understaffed, we relied
on each other quite a bit. I am very proud to say that the elusive closed book TPI was
awarded to our team on 2 occasions . Both of them in 1969. We were the first unit to receive
closed book from USAREUR in July 69 and from SASCOM in Sept 69.

Parrish, Nelson,
MP Custodial Agent Best duty in the whole Army. My theme song was "I've Had the Time of My Life"
- 11852 Sewell Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19116

6/86-1/87

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Tanis, William,
My first tour in Germany and I must say it's one you will never forget. Left just as
the big drug bust was being investigated. I feel sorry for those who were left when
the dust settled. There were not enough people on site to perform the duties required
when fully staffed in the first place. - 7490 Woody Creek Dr., Colorado Springs, CO. 80911

08/80-07/83

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Wilder, Steve,
served as Asst Team Leader under 1st Lt Bobby J Cosby from 9/69-7/70.
I was the team security and liaison officer.

9/69-7/70

--2./FlaRakBtl 22
A/52

Burbach, 20 Km N Bitburg, 75 Km NE Koblenz [Rheinland Pfalz]

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Aultman, John D.,
52nd Arty Det. Commander A very challenging assignment as most of the teams
were out in the boonies. Ex: If yu were stationed in Burbach, and had no wheels,
you were SOL unles you called a taxi. I tried my best to keep the troops entertained
i.e., road shows, movies, and busy work. Again, I had team commanders/NCO's and an
outstanding 1st Sgt, Sgt Henderson. A very memorable time.

8/67-8/68

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Bevill, Woody,
BTM 52 USAAD From here I went into the Patriot System as a Warrant Officer

Copas, Bobby,
SSg Maint Chief We organized the Det at Bliss and deployed as a unit. Best duty I had while serving
on active duty. Team Sgt was late Sfc Webb. Det. Sgt was Sfc Vick. Co was Capt Heflin.
Never failed a TPI and was winner of traveling trophy for silent warheading drill.
Still in contact with one or two original menbers of the detachment. Good information on Nike People.
- 600 Greenhaven Dr #112 Burnsville, Mn

5/62-4/65

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Di Vito, Joe,
Met my soon to be wife stationed here. Lots of good times with good people

9/86-10/87

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Donschy, Martin,
After the Burbach site was also closed, we had to disassemble Hipar to get it moved to one
of our NATO partners, I think it was Turkey. Like to hear from ol? pals.?til then "Murphy"

Schneider, Hans-W.,
Serverd as a "Launcher and Missle Monkey" and remember good days (and nights)with the
guys from the USforces unit which where guarding the place and took care of the nuke WH.

10/71-12/72

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Parrish, Nelson,
MP Custodial Agent, Got swapped for an NCO from A team. Missed the guys at D team.
Made new friends at A Team. Cried like a baby when the site closed. Had to go back to
the real Army. I'm still in today. In the Reserve. - 11852 Sewell Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19116

6/86-1/87

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Weinschenker, Kurt,
Team Clerk (again!). Pretty site, but seriously out in the boonies. Because the US Team was
originally in a "White House", mail could be addressed to "White House" and the Bundespost
would deliver it! Second site I helped shut down.
Now digital journalist at WTRF-TV.

11/86-11/87

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Wright, George E.,
maintenance and assembly officer at A-Team, 52nd USAAD in Burbach later as security officer,
COMSEC custodian, and Honest John Team Leader at the 30th USAAD in Giessen. Both of these
detachments were part of the 557th US Army Artillery Group in Herbornseelbach, which was part
of the 548th US Army Artillery Group.

Several times I had to take a broken crypto machine down to SASCOM headquarters to exchange
it for a repaired machine. As I recall, SASCOM headquarters was in the old I.G. Farben building
in Frankfurt. When I had to go on this trip, I would draw a .45 automatic for security (although
I wasn't allowed to carry any ammunition). A host nation (Bundeswehr) driver would drive me
down in a German army jeep.

SASCOM was not a fun place for a young second lieutenant. It was so grim that West Point
graduates were not assigned to it as their first assignment. The story that I was told was
that Lieutenants who we assigned to SASCOM had a reenlistment rate of zero.

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--3./FlaRakBtl 22
B team 52nd USAAD

Waldbrol (Waldbroel) 30 Km ESE Cologne

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Bortel, Daryl L,
16B, Security Team, Warhead Team, Wonderful time, great experience.
Love to hear from old friends. We had a reunion a few years ago. Sorry to say,
some have passed on. They are missed. - St Petersburg Florida

12/64-6/67

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Esser, Kurt,
assigned to security, Pfc, Tower-eagle, my nickname was "Adi",
13.5 month on a tower was enough, enjoyed going on the firing range once
every week, after my time I moved to Idaho to enjoy the nature as a type
of vacation. Still looking for former comrades to have some day a reunion,
my address is 4551W 5335S, Kearns, UT 84118.

05/80-06/81

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Hio, Rick,
Sp4, (16B) B team 52nd USAAD custodial agent and launchcrewman.
1146 King Arthur Ct Dunedin FL 34698 Had the best time of my life there,
wish I could turn the clock back, would like to hear from fellow members who were
there in that period, wonder how much it has changed?

Lovik, Lloyd (Martin),
Team Sgt, most enjoyed time of my more than 20 years service.
I have served with many great troops, but none any better than B Team.
And to Sp/4 Jeff Ranweiler, "Yeah Bud, You're right"! - 40131 Mountain Home Dr. Sweet Home, Or 97386

McBride, Robert,
E-4 16B20 R3. Lived in town. Got away from the Kaserne and alerts,
it was great.

/72-08/73

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O'Brien, Dave,
What a long time ago, but and I remember a lot of the people there fondly.
It has been a long road since then and me two children who were born at the
local hospital are now grown and we have six wonderful grandchildren. -
33 Dailkey Way, HAmpton, NY 12837

3/69-3/73

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Pace, Jeff,
MOS 24U20, M&A Section, SP4 at end of my tour, Knew Jeff Ranweiler and SFC Lloyd Lovik VERY well indeed.
Transferred to C Team for my last three months

Ranweiler, Jeff,
I was a 24U20 and ended up with a wife! Golden balls was my nickname!
Great time ,with a great bunch of people!

6/74-8/76

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Stoskopf, Wes,
LT in charge of Maintenance & Security. closed site down.
Had some great experiences on and off the base.

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Thomas, Lawrence Bruce,
I came to Waldbroel directly from the Officer Basic course at Ft. Bliss.
"B" Team underwent a TPI a couple of weeks later that it failed, and we then endured
weekly TPIs from every level up to DoD for the better part of 3 months (even if they
did call them TAVs). I became team leader after 8 months, when my predecessor got
his orders to Vietnam. I followed him 13 months later. Had a great time working with
the German NCOs and officers, rented a room from a German family, and we never failed
a TPI after that first one I endured. Made a visit back in 1999, but the Luftwaffe
FlaRak unit was gone ... visited the family I rented a room from, and met the grown
German sons of my team sergeant MSG Harold Dean Lamb (by then deceased; he'd married
my landlord's daughter). I'm in touch with my successor, John Lauerman (I still
remember pulling 168 on/0 off to let him vacation on the French Rivera -- the lucky
stiff even ended up serving his final year in Italy while I was in Vietnam!).
Would enjoy hearing from anyone I served with, including: SFC Fisher, SFC Franklin,
SP4 Leighty, SP4 Omlor, 1LT Green, CPT Holley

Popp, Guenter,
At last I was as a MSGT in the LA Area as LCO and 225er -
My almost best time in my life at this time to participate with our Host Nation for this long period.
I had many american friends and some of them I'm really missing. In seeing some again that would be like a miracle.

Aultman, John D.,
Initially XO and later became team commander Team A. I was also the liaison officer between the Det
and 23rd FlaRak Bn. I had excellent troops and enjoyed the assignment.

8/65-8/67

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Baird, Larry K SP4 -
I spent my first three months in the Army at Ft Polk, Louisiana. After that time,
I was sent to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, where I spent the next three months, plus
I spent two wks. in Special Weapons training.
My next duty station was with
B Team of the 501st ADA Detachment in Killianstaetten, Germany. I was a PFC
at the time. I spent the next month , training and learning what my role was
in this unit. We were in support of the 23rd FlaRak Battalion. We had a total
of 4 teams and were in constant contact with each via the ANGRC 165 radio in
the guard house. From what I remember we had a very good relationship with the
Germans we served with. I met the greatest bunch of guys in the world.
I spent 2 1/2 years at this unit and enjoyed my time there. Most of us still get
together every two years, at different places every-time. Our first re-union was
in 1975. I left Germany in Nov. of 1974 as an SCA .I served on the Hill,
as we called it , as an SCA for 1 1/2 years. One CA on the guard crew was assigned
the missile barn keys, and the SCA had the combination.
We never failed an inspection, either at the Site or in the Admin area.
On the hill, the nights were long and lonely. All four men were on duty till
about 1800 hrs. Then two men till 2400. Depending on what our alert status was,
determined how often we walked lock checks. There were three CA’s and an SCA .
Before I left, we only made lock checks when the crews changed. Twelve guards
was the ideal situation. But there were a lot of on a day, off a day, and then
back on a day. I pulled some 48 hour shifts, because we were short SCA ’s.
I met my future wife at Killy. Her dad was a CW3 assigned to our detachment as
the Warhead officer. All this said, I know I rambled, I enjoyed my time at
this unit and in the Army. I'm proud I served my country.

5/72-11/74

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Bevill, Woody,
They seem to have put a bunch of into combat arms after the 24U MOS
closed out in 87. Only a few custodial duty 24U guy got into Patriot from this unit.
One guy went 11B and then Ranger, then 82nd Airborne.

Fanning, Michael W,
Cook Seems to me you guys didn't get debriefed upon your leaving.
Later I agree, my debriefing left me with shut up or else. I've been quiet
for 30 years. I also was assigned to a reserve unit for 2 years that wasn't in the plan.
I guess I didn't read the (can't find) fine print. Long life to you friend let's pray
for our troops just like somebody prayed we make it back from around all that mess.
P.S I was a cook, I cooked for about 30 people. Most times about 10 to 12. Spent my
leisure time at the local disco or Wurtzberg.

Kirkpatrick, Charles E.,
Served first as acting detachment commander, then took over as XO
and also ran
the comm center with an interesting cast of characters. My basic recollection
of Kilianstaedten is the eternal round of TPI, NSI, TPE, and so forth for the
four teams, each and every one of them a "you bet your bars" situation.

Monks, George S.,
Was a 24U, and of course the mail clerk, bar tender, and lots of CQ. Loved
Kilianstadten had a blast. Favorite watering hole was over in Windecken though.

1/74-9/76

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Morley, Robert E.,
Diesel electric generator mechanic and site electrician. Moved to E-5 and
section chief about six months after arriving. Winter was super cold and lots
of snow. Really enjoyed the job. The 357.1 MOS training at Ft. Belvoir, VA
got me interested in electrical engineering. I am a recently retired EE.
Would love to receive a list of courses the 357.1 included.

9/61-5/63

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Pearce, Donald L.
I would love to hear from anyone that was stationed there or nearby!

Roberts, Robert,
Sp5 Training NCO -mail-px operator-would like to visit Kilianstadten soon,
had a great crew of oficers
and enlisted.many good times and fond memories--would like to track down some old friends.
- 1662 Cloe Lake Road Punxsutawney, Pa. 15767

Del Moral, Luis,
My last duties before ETS.was senior custodial agent.With the rank of spec.5
Those were one of the best times of my life with memeories of great people
I worked with. Some of the names that come to mind are Lt. KirkPatrick, Jim Medrano,
Castiano, Mata, Lt. Brighton (The Leader of JC's Anaimals) Doven Mueller, Allan,
and others that don't come to mind. As intresting details this is where I learned
to speak english and rode my first Harley Davidson. - 1790 SW.23terr.,Miami ,fla. 33145

Kirkpatrick, Charles E.,
A&M Officer, Security Officer, and finally Team Commander. Interesting experience.
Very hard duty for the soldiers, since we were characteristically
at something like 65% of authorized strength. There were times when the duty
officer had to work as part of the guard relief, just in order to have enough
people to run two day-on, day-off shifts, and we occasionally had to assign
the 24U Warhead Techs to the same duty for the same reasons. One particular
memory was our two mess sergeants--SFC Ritcher, who was later replaced by SP6
Thomas, who had worked in a general officer mess in Hawaii. He like to cook
with wines and liqueurs, and I remember soldiers dropping by the mess hall on
payday to ask what he needed. Excellent mess! At Kemel, I met and profited
by knowing a great NCO, SFC Henry Neal, Sr., who later was promoted to 1st Sgt.
and became 1st Sgt. of the 501st at the time when I became acting commander.
He took it as his mission in life to keep me from doing something really stupid
before I learned right from left and up from down. By that time, 501st was
aligned under 557th USA Artillery Group at Herbornseelbach. Throughout most of
my assignment in Germany, we were led by a truly great commander, Lt. Col. Howard
Gill. the 501st had a string of commanders through those three or four years,
but the best among them was Capt. Welfert (Bill) Bynum, who had prior service as
an NCO and who had served in the Hawk battalion assigned briefly in Vietnam.
Soldiers referred to him as the "law west of the Pecos." Fair, serious-minded,
knowledgeable -- all those things you want in a guy in charge.

7/72-10/73

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Nodine, Stephen Daniel,
11B Custodial Agent/Crypto/24U and everything else! Loved Kemel
and Bad Schalbach. I have friends still in Springen. I am now a county
commissioner in mobile, alabama I am looking for old friends, SGT Green,
Fines Donaldson from HQs. I still stay in touch with Capt Trolan and
Capt Tom Weir. Where is Joy Dallas?

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Sawyer, Ray (Kid),
Started as a guard to exclusion area (SASCOM site where we
performed custodial duties only) but soon was moved to documents clerk
position. We had an officer on his way to Levenworth for missing "stuff" and
I was asked to straighten things out. We were also the only Team in the 5th
(maybe in the whole of Germany) to receive isolation pay. Team C had a very
bad reputation as the craziest bunch of misfits in the 5th. I understand it
was deactivated in 88

/67-/70

--4./FlaRakBtl 23
D-Tm, 501st USAAD

Westerburg 60 Km NE Koblenz, 80 Km NW Frankfurt am Main

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Berkemeyer, Donald,
Some of the best years of my life. Looking for anyone that
was stationed in westerburg for possible reunion .

Hill, Pete,
Bill Farmer, are you still with us??? or anyone stationed there in 69-70

/69-/70

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Kohsman, Ronald,
I was a 16B, but that did not deter me from enjoying this assignment.
Met and worked with some great people. I spoke a little German,
which caused the embaressment of some of the local frauleins. I transferred to Greece
and enjoyed my trip to get their. POV travel was authorized.

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O'Keefe, John,
... useful in trying to understand what the Army had in mind when they gave a 23 year old
1st Lieutenant the responsibility of maintaining and possibly using nuclear weapons.
My first assignment as an ADA officer was to command Team D, 501st U.S. Army Artillery
Detachment. Team D was one of the four Teams in support of the 23 FlaRak Battalion
of Germany’s Air Force. The Team was responsible for maintaining the nuclear weapon
while the 23 FlaRak Battalion was responsible for the missile. As luck would have it,
Team D was a new Team and our site had never had any Americans previously located
in Westerburg, Germany. Circumstances made me the first Team D's Leader.

Zaikowsky, Patrick M (Mike),
I was a missle crewman and on the warhead team rank SP4. - I was on gurd duty in front
the door of the warhead assembily room .We were mating a warhead to the missle and lighting hit the
assembly building,scared the crap out of all of us. ... were the first Americans on the site

:3/1967-10/68

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SouthCentral area - manned by U.S. troops

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5th Army Group

Beuern - 20 km south of Kassel

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Hayes, Milo,
Personnel Specialist - with the 5th Group from 1962 (when re-formed at
Ft. Sill OK) until I left Bueren Germany in June 1964. I was part of the advanced party (12 of us) which
arrived in Germany in September 1962. Our main body was still at Ft. Sill until early 1963 when they
arrived in Bueren Germany. The advanced party was assigned to another similar Group (In Leudenschied
Germany ) to learn overall various operations/functions of a Group headquarters etc.

When we arrived, it was the first time many of the Bueren Germans had seen a American soldier since the war. It was a very interesting experience for many of us.

"I`m using the
unit/site designation according to: http://www.94thgroup.org/MAP1.htm

It is ... 5/1. The unit/site designation is correct since 1962.
B 5/1 was not the first occupant but the first "stable" designation for
many years or till the end of the Nike era.

Ron Payette says

"While I was in Germany, 62-65, The BN HQS & Hqs Co, were located on the air base in Wiesbaden.
We were the only non-air force unit on the base. Our "A" Btry was located at Wackernheim. The BN tactical operations center
was co-located on the "A" Btry site for the tactical direction and control of the four firing batteries. It's call sign was "Corral."
But there were only a few HQTRS personnel there and a duty officer was sent over every evening. During the daytime a signal officer
(Capt), was on duty there.

On the air base we had facilities that housed all the troops. It was a four story building as I recall. The first floor
was mostly Hqs Co administration, the 2nd floor was all Bn Staff and the next two floors were troop billets. There was also
a separate building for NCO quarters and a motor pool and maintenance area, including generator mechanics and equipment.

It could be at some later date that HQS-5-1 was kicked off the base. I'm sure the air force coveted that space given
over to the Army! Apparently, there were many, many changes made over the years."

Your unit designation in the listing is ?2 then 5nd? but it was actually the other way around,
?5th then 2nd?. All the guys who served in the 60?s and early 70?s refer to the site as C 5/1, and
from early 70?s on, everyone refers to it as C 2/1 in their comments.

Barnes, Mike,
My father went to Ft. Bliss guided missile school. my father was sent to Wiesbaden Germany.
Went out to a disclosed site in a town called "Finthen". he told me how the nike missile were
stored in a old barn. he was assigned to the
526th fa missile battalion, or 246th fa missile battalion or 2nd missile battalion 80th art.
anyone knowing of these battalions or locations let me know.

Hyde, Tom,
Served as CO for a year. My battery personnel was spread out over a considerable distance,
some in each line battery. On paydays I had to drive all over the place carrying lots of cash in my 1955 VW beater,
with the hole in the floor of the passenger's side. More than anything, I seem to recall the farcical aspects of my tour of duty.
I would love to hear from anyone I served with back then.
- 639 Green Way, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

10/70-11/71

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Jeffers, Larry,
22L Eletronics Tech, Sp5, Great Friends, Great Food, Beer and Wine. Would love to go back for a visit.
- Hampton TN

Myers, David,
MSGT (RET), I was a 23N in the US Army. With the 2/1 ADA in Germany

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O'Connor, William J.,
Worked as one of two BOC officers. 24 on/24 off. BN HQ and HQBTY
were in Weisbaden on the Air Base not in Wackernheim at that time. Drove to
all firing batteries regularly as EMAS officer and paymaster. SP5 Phil
Fletcher, generator man, was a great friend and unforgettable character..

Shipley, Lou,
Served as the PRP and REDEYE NCO, then re-enlisted back to the MPs and worked at the Mainz MP Station till ETS in 84.
Was hired in civilian job I created there as the civilian guard commander. Now, I'm the Chief IMO at US Army Garrison Wiesbaden.
- US Army Garrison Wiesbaden -
alternate e-mail

Dinkins, Joseph B,
Sp/4 Radio Operator. I slept between the radio stacks
and I locked the door of my trailer so I didn't get bothered while
everyone else was ruuning around doing test drills in the
middle of the night.

Hyde, Tom,
Served as XO for a few months. Arrived during Fasching parade in Mainz. My contact took me for a delirious,
drunken ride through the crowd, then dumped me in front of the BC. He was pre-occupied. An enlisted man had stolen
his jeep and hit the guardhouse on the way out. On the way back, after getting totally ripped at some gasthouse,
he hit it again on the way back in. All in all, an appropriate introduction to life in US Army Germany,in general
and Wackernheim Caserne in particular. I'll never forget the spot inspections from both USAREUR and NATO, with generals
dropping in on their choppers without notice to check our operational readiness. One of them snagged our company
cook for his personal chef. I would love to hear from anyone I served with back then.
- 639 Green Way, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

2/70-10/70

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Jones, James,
launcher platoon leader, XO and BC. Served with Cpt Hopkins, Lt Case, Sgt O'Bryan, Sgt Jones,
Sp4 Glenn Davenport, Lt John Denton, CW4 Bob Chisnell and more than 100 other great men.
Would love to hear from any who served - E-Mail jones12645@gmail.com .
Phone 717-476-9805 ( used to live in L.A.California now 2890 Pleasant Hill Rd, Hanover, PA 17331)

5/67-2/69

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Kline, Charles H.,
SSG IFC 16C Crew Chief- Still had the Hosest John Mobile missile Units there..
Rough times at the Unit - Someone painted the CO,s auto one night.Someone burning a cross in the
back field. CQs carried 45cal for protection ie; Sgt Duck - Wild times - Made all trips to NAMFI.
Glad to make it out alive... - 2740 Madrigal Lane Melbourne FL, 32904

Petrillo, Peter,
FRG 24Q20 Fire Control System Maintenance, SP-5, I remember those years fondly although I was pretty much a nerd then.
Learned German and lived off post mostly. The time went too fast for me but I'll never forget those 24 on & 24 off shifts.
The Ready Room game was always double-deck pinochle - loved it! Was on the two-man PAL code team and recall having to
compute surface-to-surface coordinates with gas mask on during training exercises (still vivid image of that)!
Most of all, though never meeting anyone again, I have thought about the men who served in FRG.
- Bldg 4905 5th Avenue, Ft. Rucker, AL 36362

Tally, Stephen,
two years as A Battery's IFC platoon leader and one as the Asst. S-3,
36 full months - no trips home, hardly any leave.
I made three trips to NAMFI, one as an observer and two as a BCO. Fired an
AJAX in '71 and a Herc in '72. The 'Jax tumbled and was destroyed by the
Range Safety Officer. The Herc got a kill. As you mentioned, all targets
were simulated using the T-1.

Bice, Raymond,
PFC TTR operator, I have located over 80 guys stationed at B-5-1
during the 60's. We are going to have a reunion in Sept. If you are interested,
contact me. Would like to hear from everyone.

7/60-5/63

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Bledsoe, Greg,
SSG. 24P Acq Radar Mech. Great times boys. SSG Steve Turner, Bert, I mean CWO1 MR. WHITE,and I... MAN
the memories... That was a great time in my life. Thanks for the wonderful times. I was priviledged to worked with
the greatest operators and repair guys that ever graced that land. AMEN!

Dinkins, Joseph B,
Sp/4 Radio Operator. I had a great time with B Btry,even
if it was out in the middle of nowhere. We managed to have a hell of a
good time. After 13 months of Korea it was like a trip to heaven. Still
can't figure out how I got from 105s to missiles.

?-3/68

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Gamble, William,
MTR operator Lived and loved got tweeked and tuned there
but never got over it

8/75-2/80

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Griffin, Jack,
Sp/4 I F C area I went to last reunion had a great time - Dallas N.C.

9/60-4/63

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Jewell, David,
24U Assembly Building. Good times and some not so good. Would not
trade them for anything. 6275 SR 44, Martinsville, IN 46151

4/71-2/73

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Hart, Steve,
BCA and EMAS duties. A great group of guys and a great time. What a hassle when some
other unit broke open the wrong "cookie" at 3am. We were the only unit to fire our
own missile on Crete - last unit in one training cycle, and first unit in the next training
cycle. - 1408 Meadow Lark Dr, Titusville, FL 32780

Miller, Keith ,
they stopped all Boot Strap operations at Bravo
(Not sure about other battery's) due to the wear and tear on them,
we were a fixed site, everything was still on trailers
but not moved anymore.

Morgan, Dennis T.,
24Q20 G2. Also, maintained AN/MPQ-T1 Simulator. Spec. 4,
Site was mobile when I was there. Tore down TTR, TRR, and MTR,
rolled up the cables and push them throught the front gate.

1/79-12/80

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Paquin, Lester,
SP4 MTR & TTR Operator, and also supply. The best part of my tour were the great people I met
and have noww reunited with alot of them, thanks to the efforts of my great friiend Ray Bice. Without his efforts,
these reunions would not have happened. My hat is off to him, Thanks - 46344 Waco Shelby Twp Mi 48317

Pickett, Greg,
E-4 Senior Custodial Agent Lived in tent for short time then moved to
Guntersblum. Loved fog guard on your day off and tower duty, 24 on 24 off, tower 6 hours,
work on missle, then back to tower. Re-up?, Not a chance! - 7137 Welles st. Brown City MI. 48416

Agnew, William R.,
Food Service Sergeant I was promoted to E-7 shortly after arriving in Quiernheim. I was the Food Service Sergeant
there until around 7/77 when I departed for Stateside.
- P. O. Box 163636 Sacramento, CA 95816

7/76-7/77

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Black, Charles,
I was assigned to C Btry as a section chief in IFC. I re-enlisted and got a
tranfer to B-3-71. Can't remember many people there but do remember the Guesthaus down below
the hill.It sure was a far out place to be. Chuck Black SFC Ret.

1/70-6/70

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Buck, Ray,
Very isolated site. I was just marking time until I took a European Out and headed for
Morocco...with some other places along the way.

Goodreau, Robert W. Jr.,
Came as an E-2 cook, 2 months later became btry clerk, mail clerk,
courier, and all round truck driver. Once they even had me collecting urine for
drug testing.I quickly got out of that ... left as Spec/4

Marsh, James (JB),
24P20/sp5. Longest shift ever was 6 days 24on/24on. HIPAR went down and we were "hot btry".
We caught naps on the floor of the HIPAR van while DSP and 2 other 24P's kept working,
then change out w/ other guys. Had a great time and some bad one's as well. Too many stories
to tell here. Evidently, the unit designation was 5/1 through the 60's and changed to 2/1
in early 70's. Designation was C 2/1 when I arrived in 76. - 1903 Jane Dr., Pasadena, Tx 77502

5/76-5/78

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McAlevy, Robert,
24P20 aquistion radar maintenance, rank SP5. Also ran a small on site PX.

5/72-3/74

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Miller, Ronald,
Launcher crew, L.C.T. operator, Ordinance parts specialist,
Began as E-2, finished as SP/4. Another semi-isolated site.
the Army must have looved me. both sites can be seen on Google Earth
if you know the latitude and logitude. This place was on top of a small mountain,
with the admin area,the IFC and Launch area in a triangular layout about 1 mile apart.

1/63-3/65

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O'Connor, William J.,
2LT;served as IFC platoon leader. CPT Gwynn Nixon was BC;
1LT Robinson XO. 1stSGT SFC Grandy;IFC/PLTSGT E-6 Wilkins; Mr. DiMarco in LA;
also many great EM who made it fun.

Rogers, Larry,
IFC Platoon Leader, Battery XO, I'm told I am the only BCO in
possession of a data plate from a missile he fired. Mine moonballed at NAMFI and
came back to Earth in a Hawk launcher area. No injuries, and we were scored 96.5.
Story Here
Hi to everyone from who served the Nike community.

Shipley, Lou,
Arrived as 16B, but worked some of the time in my secondary, 95B (MP). Went to battalion in 79 to be the PRP NCO.
Enjoyed the time, the wine, "bombers" and schnitzel at Fritz' Gasthaus, the wine fests, move to the Pension in Bockenheim,
etc etc. I now live in Tiefenthal, across the valley from Quirnheim, and work in Wiesbaden. If you want any recent pictures
of what Charlie looks like, now, drop me a line. - US Army Garrison Wiesbaden -
alternate e-mail

5/77-10/79

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Tucker, M.W. "Skip",
After our NATO (US/Netherlands) site closed in the north of Germany, myself and
several others were reassigned to Charlie Battery which was located on a big hill
at the end of a Glider field. Duty at Charlie Btry SUCKED! Some of the folks were
alright I guess but the officers generally lacked the respect of most of the EM
as well as many of us NCO's. C-2/1 was made me KNOW I wouldn't stay in the Army.....

Chase, Timothy,
16B working in the assembly section,SP4, seemed that when I was
pulling 24 duty the odds of an ORE were good.

12/77-1/80

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Cress, Dennis L.,
11B and later OJT'ed into a 16H/B. I spent most of my time in the Launch
Control Trailer in the launch area and worked the towers like everyone else.
I have very fond memories of my time there, in fact I am still
married to my German wife (25+ years) that > I met while with D Btry.
I visited the old launch site about five years ago (1997?) and the cantonment
area was in significant disrepair and the launch area was off limits with
armed German guards so I couldn't get to close. (785) 350-3940

McLemore, Michael,
e 4 16b20, launcher crewman, guard duty. - charle section. It was a great tour.
I can't forget the cold nights shoveling snow off of the pad, or guard duty in the towers or
Stg childers cigar. a great tour. good German food ,wine fest . Joy Club in Simeron.
Bopard dance club. Watching the nubies drink or wear it.
Reconnect with vets on Facebook group Delta 2 1 Dichtelbach Germany
Delta 2 1 Dichtelbach Nike Hercules Missile site

6/76-7/78

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Obert, Mark,
I was a sgt at D2/1.I was a 16b but worked in the assembly bldg.
Great times and some really great people.

5/81-8/82

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Powers, Glenmore,
E-5 "Pit Rat" also known as Launcher Crewman 16B. Tired of
working 24 hours on and 24 hours off so volunteered for admin duty in
Orderly Room. Ran the base PX and theater. Got married while assigned here
in 1970 to hometown sweetheart and took her back to Germany with me.
Our first son was born at the 56th General Hospital, Bad Kreauznach (BK)
Germnay in 1971.

Ferguson, Richard,
Headquarters Battery was located on Spangdahlem Air Base. I was the information specialist
(701.10). I was there for the Cuban Missile Crisis. At that time, information specialists
were declared unnecessary so I went to D Battery for a few months until the powers that
be decided that information specialists really were necessary. I went back to Spangdahlem.
Our motor pool for Headquarters Battery was at the French Kaserne in Bitburg.
I remember were Freddy Hill from Kentucky, and Charley Moratta
(Charley Strac) from Washington state. In general, those were good times.

7/61-9/62

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Hoffman,Gordon S.,
22M20, Trained at Redstone Arsenal, AL. 1966,
At Spang for about a year transferred to a Hawk unit. Worked in internal
guidance, launchers and FMTE at Spang

Gleaves, James C.,
Btry D, 25th Msl Btn, Spangdalem, 1958 the 25th Msl
Btn became the 6th Mls Btn, 4 Arty. So the name change was correct.
The 25th was a that time moved stateside. They were housed in Luxemburg
Kasern in Bitburg, but the Missile Site was on the flight line at Spangdalem.
I would enjoy hearing from anyone who knew me in those days.
2576 15th St., Vero Beach, FL. 32960

2/57-10/58

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Rounds, Michael,
I was the driver for CL Robert Mclaughlin that was killed in an f-4 flight after I was discharged in 1965.
He had 6 children and a wife named Mary. His children were wonderful. I ate
Thanksgiving dinner at their quarters, went to parties there with all the first sergeants
of all the batteries in Bn. It was great. I was an E-3 talking to E-8 sergeant on a face to face bases.
I was 21, they were in WW2, the E-9 was my beer drinking buddy. Sgt Major Patrick Murphy from N.Y City.
The Bn. H.Q. Legal clerk was John DeAmora from Utica N.Y.. One of the nicest people I ever met.
Looking for Dewey Willerd from Ann Arber Mi. - 41201 Via Aguila Temecula Ca. 92591

Allen, Frederick,
I liked both bases that I was on, Germany was a great country to be in. The people were very nice,
at least where I was out in the boon docks. We were Air Defence for Bitburg Air Base & Spangdahlem
Air Base. My Site was actually located in Honehyme Germany.
- 33 Central St. Marlboro, Mass 01752

9/62-6/64

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Barkett, Paul F.,
Had a great time. Loved the people, food and the culture. Drank a lot of excellent local wines/Cogneacs,
and some home made Double Corn (white lightening). The Burgermeister, Matteus Toiche was a good friend, who has since
passed away. Where is Lance Lowe, NY, John Pancheri, NJ, Joe Cleary, PA, Willie Collins, Eddie Price, Lifer, AL and
Ted Sawyer, SC? If anyone knew me from there please contact me. Sincerely, Paul - 12 Church Street, Agawam, MA 01001

10/63-6/65

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Boshell, David A.,
Senior Panel Operator Spec 5. I was on two missile firings at White sands New Mexico July 67
and NAMFI Crete May 68. - 4068 Remsen Cove Memphis,Tn 38135

2/66-8/68

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Dobson, John R.,
John P. Boe was the IFC Platoon leader when I arrived. He was the EMAS "A" Team Leader at that time;
he indoctrinated me for the EAMS "B" Team. SSG. David "Pockets" Packwood was the IFC Platoon Sereant,
when I arrived. I came in as a Sgt., but had already received orders for SSG.; LT Boe was not pleased
when my promotion finally caught up with me (about four months late). LT Boe was repalced by LT Ron
Garrison; I became IFC Platoon Sergeant, while still being the Alpha Section Leader, and also became
the EMAS "B" Team Leader. Around August of 1978, my crew was the first to pass a 32nd AADCOM ORE in
five five years...and we had been the :hot" crew from the night before!

Woodham, Tim,
16B,Nike Hercules Missle Crewman, just wanted to say hi to
anyone at unit during this time.

1/80-2/82

--B 4/6

Weischbillig, 15 Km N Trier

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Coleman, Jim,
brand new 16B Pvt E-2 on arrival, left 2 1/2 yrs later as
B Sect Chief (Sp-5) Made 2 trips back to McGregor Range for SNAP...and
we did 2 "Bootstrap" operations .....anybody remember those?
Thanks for the great time warp.......great site!

Love, W. Truman,
"A" section crewman/panel operator. On duty when Kennedy was killed! 2nd "Battle Stations"!
Out of Army 2 years then back in and spent a year at SF-88 in San Francisco. Out 1969.

/63-6/65

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Murach, Chuck,
Missle Electronic Maintenance. Early out for the holidays in 12/68.

02/68-12/68

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McCarthy, Robert,
Fire Control Technician, E-5,
Send on short tour to beef up site readiness few months before Soviet Union
invaded Czechoslovakia. The day they did there were more than 200 Soviet
aircraft in the air and we were "hot" and locked.
1535 Burns Street, West Linn, OR 97068

3/68-1/69

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Selkirk, James (Mike),
On Assembly team and TPI crew. Made SP/5, went on two SNAPS and one Bootstrap. Was on last breakdown
of AJAX missle upon arrival. Had many interesting adventures. Hope to hear from old veterans of Herr Freidon's
and the Whilhemshue. - P.O. Bx 7220, Surprise, AZ 85374-0103

Gelinas, Ronald,
My first stint in IFC, MTR co-located back to back with D Btry at Spang on the south
side of the AB. We commuted by Deuce and a half from Bitburg', Luxemburg Kaserne,
which we shared with the French Army. went to ASP twice to Mc Gregor Range, susequnt tours in 4thMisille Bn
56th Arty, Bristol, RI and Thule ,Greenland. Got smart, out of AD.Finished up as CW3 in Medical Equipment
Mintenance. Ret. 1982

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Guy, Wayne,
16B10 Pvt. to Sp/5 My wife Mary came to Germany Dec. 1967 and our first child
was born at Bitburg hospital have lots of great memories of C/4/6. Thank you keep up the nice site.

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Miles, Frank S.,
launcher crewman, and the panel operator. I also used to read the
fin commands. I can remember it like it was yesterday. The cold winters, and the
nights we slept in the boiler room when we were suppose to be on guard duty.
the ORE's and the CCT's. I was the best panel operator, I would strut my stuff.
I would like to find some of my GI buddy's if I could. It saddens me to see
what happened to the different sites.

Beeman, Gary,
Sp/4 launcher crewman, Drove trucks, wrecked a then,
brand new M151 Jeep,(yes, it fliped) I was there for the Cuban crisis alert,
and the Kennedy Assasination alert, everyone thought we might really get to
light off a real HERK then, thank God we didn't!

Howell, Jeffery N.,
Acc operator/BC Van Chief. Arrived as E2 departed E5. Then moved to
XO's office as Training-Reenlistment-CBR NCO. Our battery clerk was promoted to E6
and transferred to Group HQ. He came back less than a year later as an IG-Team
inspector. He thought he knew where all the bodies were buried. He spent hours
comparing training schedules with sign-in sheets and the morning report, hoping
to find some one who missed a make up class or who had signed the sheet while
they were stateside on leave. No gigs. That's when I made E5.

Stovall, Rocky,
Launcher crewman, SP-4, Duty Driver, Generator operator and pulled a lot of Guard duty.
I was stationed at Neuheilenbach, [2.5 km from Balesfeld - samething?] Germany in 1961
and was there during the Cuban crisis and the mobility exercise in 1962.
- 1020 N Main St. Dix,IL 62830

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Beaty, John,
I worked at HHB 5th Msl Bn IFC which is identified on Google Earth as C 5/6 IFC US at Baumholder.
We Assigned targets to all 4 Btry's of 5th Msl plus 2 Hawk Btry's. I suppose C Btry's radar was on
the same hill. After a few months I was assigned to C Btry 5/6
[See C Btry 5/6 below for more.]

Aquino, Paschal,
Assistant S-3, primary duty was to run evaluations
and prepare Batteries for Annual Service Practice.
During this period, we moved the Bn HQ from Baumholder to Neubrucke/Hopstadden
where the DSP was already located.

Craft, Robert,
SP4 in the motor pool as a 63B. Lots of good memories. Harry Bergner, Rob Wisneicht, Aggie Wright,
SSgt Wright who was the BOSS. Spend many a times at the Rod and Gun Club. - Amarillo Texas

Dennis, Jim,
S-3 Bn Hq. Worked with MSG S.Zavacki, Sgt Gary Snider, Had a great time in Germany.

5/68-12/69

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Exon, Henry,
E-4, 23U, HIPAR I recall one of those exciting days when Sp/6 Person, Frederick B.,
and I had to go to B 5/6 Wuschheim to work on the HIPAR. Fred was always good help. We went down to
the motor pool to TI, gassed up the truck and got it dispatched. It was a five-quarter truck,
one of those jeep pickup trucks. We took off from the DSP at Hoppstadten and it was a hurry to
get there job. I was driving and about the time we got to Hahn air base Fred asked me
if the hood latch on the drivers side was latch, because the latch on his side was not.
Before you get to Hahn and clear the tree on 327 there is a small hill to go down,
Before I could answer him, when I started down the hill at about 70-MPH, the unlatched hood came flying up.
Thing got exciting I stuck my head out the window and was able to come to a controlled stop.
I noticed Fred had very long arms, he was also able to poke his head out the passenger's side window
and grab on to the steering wheel at the same time.

Person, Frederick B.,
Was a Sp/6 HIPAR T-1 (23U)Simulator Repairman, supporting the 4 Firing Batteries A-Btry ?,
B-Btry near Hahn Airbase, C-Btry Baumholder and D-Btry near Spangdalem Air Base.
Was the last Shop Operations Officer 251BV. Closed the Battalion down through deactivation and turned
the Shop over to a HAWK DSP 3rd BN 59th ADA from Fliegerhorst Kaserne, Hanau, FRG. Inter Theatre Transfer
to Flak Kaserne DSP 3rd BN 71st ADA Ludwigsberg, FRG. Was the first and only Warrant to be the DSP Commander.
Served under LTC Gary Epperson and Maj Konig. Under LTC Epperson we took a Mobile Herc system to Reforger
in 1983 w/ a surface to surface mission. At this point in time we had a complete IFC area in our motor
pool and a HIPAR at the Kaserne Kornwestheim.

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Pobanz, Roger D,
Arrived a Pvt E-2 and departed a SSG E-6. Worked in the Engineering Shop,
Personnel Office (Re-Up), and finally as the S-1 NC0. Served under
LTC Dyer for the majority of the tour and the best battery commander -
CPT Bernard A Cobb.

Smith, James G.,
SP-4 (E4) 23N20 Nike Hercules Track Radar repairman and
22L20 Nike Hercules Test Equipment repairman. Worked in Direct
Support Platoon (DSP) in ORD6 Trailer, also Quality Control and DX section.
Many great memories of living on the economy. My wife Carol taught Army and
Air Force brats at the Neubrucke American school.
6144 Montague St., Philadelphia, PA 19135-3523

Beegle, William,
young SP4 Military Policeman. I pulled security and resource protection duties as an MP. Although
there were good people assigned to the Battery, most of the guys there were pretty rough around the
edges. Frankly I hated the assignment and was glad to get out early due to my father battling cancer.
I left out on emergency leave, flying on a c141 out of Rhein Main to Dover AFB, Delaware.
Ultimately, due to my fathers terminal condition, I was given a Compassionate Reassignment
to the Lansing District Recruiting Command in Lansing, Michigan, where I finished out my enlistment
and was honorably discharged.
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A year later I went back into the military, this time the Air Force, and I did 19 years in the
Air Force and retired in August of 1997. I think I chose to go in the Air Force because I
remembered when I was assigned to A Btry in Germany, me and a few fellow MP’s went to
Sembach Air Base and we ate in the Air Force “Dining Facility” as they called it,
and we just couldn’t believe how great them flyboys had it.

Cunnane, William F.,
Assist section chief, E5 MTR operator Honored Crew after live fire in Crete
Demo for Foreign diplomats. Left germany Sept 1975 -
A friend there was killed during the winter of 74/75 when the
front end loader he was driving went off the road and crushed him. -
622 Michigan Ave Libby Mt 59923

Garrett, Howard Keith,
Sgt(E-5) was a 16C and a EMAS operator. And was a crew chief till two Staff Sargeants
arrived. Started on the TTR AND TRR. I learned alot from dad the maint.man.
P.O.Box 563 Marble, N.C. 28905

Muetz, Michael,
Arrived as a 16C, needed as a 16B. Really enjoyed the trip to
Crete in 1971 for the live firing.

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Myers, Jerrold,
SP 5 Assembly Section. Was in automobile accident near barracks gate April 3,1969.
Resulted in becoming parapelic. Enjoyed my experience there very much. would like to hear from others.

Varner, Marc,
Spec4 16C Missile Tracking Radar Although I could run all three target tracking radars at once.
in a pinch Lopar and Hipar.
We scored the highest score ever at Crete (up to 1980). Lived in Rockenhausen, Alsenz, only
lasted two weeks in the barracks and I moved in to a closet at the Phalzer Hoff. Oh also
handled the TS funny papers. - 100 Foothill Road Hollister, Ca.

Hale, Craig,
Scenery was gorgeous, natives spectacular. I was impressed with the incredible spectrum of
intoxicating substances, the liveliness of the black market, the friendliness of the women and the quality
of the food. Had a great time when not working. Hated the army. Had a lot of fun and was ALMOST successful
getting a DD or BCD. I miss the streaking during formation - the Colonel loved that one.... -
12 Waxmyrtle Court, Homosassa, Fl 34446

Kline, Charles H.,
SSG IFC Crew Chief 75-77 IFC Plt SGT 80-81 and B Btry 1SG 81-82
Can you tell that I really enjoyed my stay at Bravo..
Had A Great time and had the best Unit in 5/6. Had great BBQs \Adventure TNG and some real
great soldiers.. Always had a Great time at NAMFI. Steve's and Scevie's in Crete was our 2nd Home.
I would have stayed but DA had other plans for me.. We had outstanding officers that were alot of fun...
- 2740 Madrigal Lane Melbourne FL, 32904

Richardson, Alec,
Sp4, 16C in IFC, MTR & TTR. Went to ASP Crete in Sep 71. SFC Hollifield was our platoon
sgt and later acting 1st Sgt. SSG Peterson was section NCOIC. I was the only E5 in the IFC open bay
barracks when I left. I worked with Leroy Rogers, Tony Bertucci, Charles Black,

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Stewart, Roger,
16_C 10 Track Sup. 1977-1978 2 times at Crete Range as Track Sup.
I have seen the old Bravo site. The IFC is a mess, down Range is now a huge
German party extravaganza. Times do change.

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Taylor, Billy H.,
16C. Azmuth Operator, SP4, After getting off active duty I joined the
Oklahoma Army National
Guard in 1976. I?ve been in the guard ever sence. I am now assigned as an
AGR Senior Supply Sergeant with the OKARNG at the Oklahoma Military Department.
We were located out side Hhan Air Base. E-mail me at Home; btaylor48@cox.net
or here at work: billy.taylor5@us.army.mil Went to Crete Greece two times
while stationed here.
Been looking for some of the old friends.
(Now [2016] has non-military e-mail address)

Williams, Fred,
XO, Seemed like there was never a dull moment. Most memories were
pretty humorous, but there was a time when the boiler man decided to hang himself
with a horse collar in the boiler room. Well, you can image that it wasn't the
highlight of my tour ...

Beaty, John,
worked in my mos 177.10 [from HHB 5th Msl Bn above] My ETS was extended 1 mo 7 days due to the Cuban missile deal.
The Google Earth map is great as I can identify some of the buildings on base, such as snackbar, PX,
Theater, barracks, Bowling alley, and EM club. I'll send a google earth photo in separate email later. If
you have Questions feel free to ask. Hows the WX in Freemont. I lived in Foster City for 27 years.
Now in Oklahoma.

Corum, Al,
Fire Control Nike Ajax sp/4 The site was right up the hill from
main base in Baumholder.Radar was still there in 1977

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Dandeneau, James,
Worked in the T-1 and Hipar mostly.Spent 3 years there had a lot of fun. First assignment after getting married.
Remember Peak, Martz, Brian Zerangue, and Bo Parker.

11/78-11/81

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Erickson, Jeff,
16C Fire Control Crewman. Operated TTR, TRR. Left as Sgt. E-5 to
finish enlistment at Fort Bliss. Battery commanders at the time were Cpt Weeks
and Cpt Zeringue. Would like to see some photos of the site at that time. Site
was converted to I believe a Hawk battery around 9/81.

Jones, Ed,
I worked in the IFC from 1977-1980 as Crew Chief at one point with Mike Wolf and
Dandy, Mr Zito just to name a few. I served in Nike from 1972 - 1980 when the site
was closed. I was also stationed at Travis AFB from 72-74, Inchon Korea from 74-75, Key Largo from 75-77, Baumholder from 77-80 and then I was assigned
to White Sands (Test Research and Development of the U.S. Roland, Volcan Chap Night
Vision sight and the Help Field the first Patriot Battalion before becoming a Drill SGT at Logan Heights. I retired from a Volan/ Chap unit at
Scholfield Bks Hawaii in support of the 25th INF as ABMOC NCOIC and asst. Ops Sgt.
Would Love to hear from some of the Nike Guys - 710 Tierra Del Sol, Apt. B Carlsbad, NM

Lynam, Elliot, H. (Bill)t,
Fire Control Operator 16C. Sgt. IFC Crew Chief last year. Enjoyed
Germany and
found my site on Rolf Dieter Gorigk page. Wish I could go back and find site just to look.
Have lots of pictures will send to Rolf for his page on Baumholder.
... went to Crete twice to fire Herc. Was an extra both times so I got to watch and
enjoy. Hania was great little place with some interesting places to go and see.
Bars with dirt floors, etc.

MacDonald, Russ.
SP5, MOS 26J40 (Pro-Pay), HIPAR and LOPAR tech, worked for SFC Albright. Spent most
nights in the ready hut playing pinnocle. Qualified expert on the .45 pistol and was
put in charge of guard shack security. Top alert status during Russian invasion of
Czech. We were all in the command trailer with a 2-LT with his finger on the button.

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Moorer, Thom,
I remember when Zack (Zachary) got shot in the chest - Sgt.Frye cleared
Sgt. Cassidy's .45 in the ready bldg. and a round went through his hand and into Zack
- hole in chest and out back. But the round slipped around his ribs! He was back at
the barracks that night. That was the only time I went to church while I was in Germany.
Must have worked!

Peake, Edward T III,
Closed this site then went to D battery 2/56. Went back to the states in 1982
and put 2 years in Patriot at Abernathy park. Exited honorably as a SSG.
Great time!!!

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Preble, Lamont,
IFC operator. I was a PFC when I arrived in Baumholder and SP4 when I left. I liked the duty but decided to exit
the ARMY when Vietnam was heating up. I was hired by IBM Endicott in Aug '65 and spent 30 yrs with IBM in several capacities.
Feel free to E-Mail me.
- 20 Robinson St. Saugerties, NY 12477

Smith, Johnnie A. Jr. (Smitty),
SP-5 24U20 missile maintenance. Worked in Launching Area. part of
warhead mating team and missile buildup and checkout crew. Went to Crete to
build and fire missile on 3 trips as part of assembly crew. I was also member
of Hilltop Squares Square dancing Club and danced across Germany with them on
many trips.

Tincher, David,
- and whose name jumped out at me, my old friend John T Beaty. We both H.Q batt at first
and were trans to C 5/6 for the majority of our tour. John and I had quite a few good and wild times.
I have good memory's of the people I was with, however not of baumholder. I remember working four
on and four off for weeks at a time. If you are in contact with John ask him about the infamous
Golden Angel hotel incident , I am sure that will trigger a memory of me and Walker

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Verdugo, Richard,
One of the Newbies in '72 and Short as hell in '74. Remember...SSG Burrell, Sp4 Kaminickee,
"Stump" Yokum,Dana, Lt."Bobbie" Stalcup,Rick King, Lemons,Camp Allenbach, The pig bar-b-que
in the woods,Hanya Crete to fire missle (second team Gen. Operator, only made it to the beach!!!)
- 1623 Sherman Street, Woodland, Ca. 95695

Alpi, Richard,
Started as a launcher crewman and was transfered to the IFC section within a couple
of weeks. was a PV1 and PV2 while at this unit. Worked for Sgt Pugh and SSgt Barraza,
I believe. I remember a chief warrant officer by the name of Johnson and remember
that one of my CWO's bought a new BMW Spyder while I worked there. I remained with
ADA for my entire 24 years service and retired as an E-7 on 1 feb 1989. -
5625 Sweetwater Dr. El Paso, TX

6/65-6/68

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Bailor, Jim,
IFC 16C E5 enjoyed my time in Germany and have great memories.

2/67-8/69

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Beach, C.,
SP5 - Senior Acq in IFC - SNAP x1 in Crete. Ouzo.Invasion by Russia
into Czechoslovakia in 1968 brought us all the way to red - and we STAYED there
for a very long time. Subsequent attempt in early winter of '69 to sabotage the
antennas reminded us that we DID still need to know how to fire our weapons.
15 minutes after the guard station stopped firing at the bad guys, the entire
United States Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force arrived from Baumholder
(or so it seemed). Scary with less than 30 days left.

3/68-3/69

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Boe, John P.,
I was assinged as the IFC Platoon Leader for my entire 36 month tour of duty.
This was my only experience with Nike Herc. I went to helicopter school after this assignment
and flew with the 2/10 Air Cav at Fort Ord.

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Brown, Howard,
SP4 24U20, Isolated site near Spangdahlem. From here was transferred to HAWK site at
Hohenfels, Germany C-4-57 with headquarters in Ansbach due to shortage of
24U20 personnel at HAWK sites. My last site and was Discharged May 1971.
Duty here was very good.

Hlasny, John,
Sp4, ACQ, HIPAR, B-Team. Way shorthanded. 24on24off. The Wall. Fog Gaurd, TacEvals. Rooks.
Paid off in Crete though, We nailed it. Goat Steak for everyone. Audio Club. Thanks Sgt. Kolarik for taking some
of the F__K out of the cluster. It's not just a job. SHORT!!!
- Levittown New York

Mawhinney, Jerry,
Hey,Nike Guys had to have cooks, and that was me. I miss the Rocket
Pub":) Met some great friends, Jim Copley, Jim Patterson, Ralph Etheridge, and many
more. I had the key to the kitchen and many late night snacks were had. Got to
see both areas and respected the job these gys did.

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Nowicki, Ron
E-4 16 B worked in launch area and did a lot of guard duty

Ouellette, Ronald,
My first assignment was at D Battery, 5th Battalion, 6th ADA in Honthiem, FRG from Jan 1971
to Jun 1975. During my time, I served as the FCA Plt Ldr, LCA Plt Ldr, XO, and Btry Cdr.
We had the “Boot Tree” where German tour buses stopped for local tours in the area.
I retired from active duty as a Colonel in October, 2000.

?re: “Boot Tree”
"As soldiers departed the unit, they threw a pair of their boots in the tree.
After the Army closed the Nike mission, a Hawk Battery occupied the site...they continued the tradition."

?re: women in the Nike program
"Women were commanding Nike and Hawk units since the early 1980’s maybe even late seventies."

Poff, James A.,
24U30 Battery located close to Hontheim. HQ at Neubrucke (Baumholder). Had a great time.
Met a lot of interesting people. Hated my men being assigned to fog guard. Remember a lot of 24 hour duty
and working the next day. Always short of personnel. Remember SP6 Kinder from IFC. SFC Knight was the
Maintenance Chief. I was the Missile Assembly Sergeant

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Pugh, Walter V,
Sgt E5 assistant crew chief Under Sgt Fox SSgt Stephens SSgt Barazza Was
also Engineer chief enjoyed my ti me there with Great guys such as Sp4 Welden,
Sp4 Terry, PFC Morgan, I remember picking up Morgan in Baumholder, I had a blue
1963 1300 series Volks Wagen I drove pretty fast back then I remember Morgan
saying to me, Can you herd this thing we had about six inches of snow on the road.
I just laughed and drove on. My best friend was SSgt Payne. Would love to hear
from some of you Guys. - PO Box 255 Yatesville Ga 31097

2/63-2/67

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Purtill, William (Bill),
SP/5-Assembly Section. Worked with the "BEST" people on the
planet. Would not trade the time for anything.

Spangler, Joe,
computer operator E5 I was the one who built the Heath kit Stereo also had
the apartment off base with Jim balor and Dick tuell

/67-/69

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Terry, Robert D.,
Sp/4 16B and worked in A Section. My section chiefs were SSG Elliot
and SSG Payne. Some of the crew members were: Sp/4 Morgan, Sp/4 Davis, Tony Farmer.
In the assembly bldg were: Dennis Beeler, Sells, Purtill, Truscott. Left in
Mar. 67 to return one year. The site closed out about mid-tour and I left
for C/2/1. Would like to hear from anyone there then.
- 10765 Eagle Pass Ln. El Paso, TX 7924

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Williams, Fred,
I was the XO at D-5/6 and B-5/6. Finished up as the BC of HHB-5/6.
Great times and memories. The whole tour was interesting to a 22 year old. Thanks
to all.

Brown, Howard
24U20 was at Greisheim during closing of site due to booster drop zone over new
autobahn (??) - A&S Missile Mehanic SP4. Worked for WO Fisk. SP4 George Green of Texas
was there too. Arrived here just in time to help tear down the site. Different reasons
were given but I understand our site was casualty of the SALT treat to reduce
nukes.

Mayne, Bud or Ervie,
Our unit was the first to introduce the Nike Hercules to Germany in January of 1960.
They built our launcher site right beside the Nike Ajax site that was there.
I was a 177.10 launcher crewman and panel operator. It was a great experience.
I departed Germany in March of 1963 and was stationed right outside of New York.
At that time I re-enlisted and changed MOS to 63C20 Track and Wheel vehicle Mechanic.
I then was shipped to Korea for a year. I retired from the Army June 30 1982 and
moved to West Virginia where I live now. Hope to hear from you again and let me
know about your experience in the Service. I spent 3 tours of in Germany 1 in
Korea and of course I had my year in Vietnam. But all in all I really enjoyed it all.

Buck, Ray,
I loved Miltenberg, the town on the Main river at the bottom of the mountain where
the site was located. I hated to leave when the site was decommissioned.

3/68-6/70

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Byrne, John,
AN/TSQ-38 (CDG) repairman, SPC4, in the IFC area. Mainbullau was a hilltop farming village.
On the way to Miltenberg were stone columns laying in the woods. In the other direction were stone chairs
behind a restaurant. The area was close to the Roman frontier of the first through third century.

Moore, Len,
MRT Operator - Helped start the unit club with Kaska out of Texas and a staff sargent that
I can't remember

10/69-11/71

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Otto, David,
95B, Tower Rat. I've worked my way out of the tower, I'm currently an
Information Assurance Security Officer for JTFGTMO J6

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Phillips, Jeff,
16B10 Nike Hercules Launch Crewman SGT. I was a launch crewman at Hardheim
and I worked at the site 24 on/24 off. Not enough MP's for guard duty so
we had every other day off. I had a great time while there. Got to
participate in a Nike Herc launch at Crete Greece in Aug 1976 and traveled
all over Europe while stationed at Hardheim. Sad to see the old site today
just with the old missile barns the only thing left there now.

6/75-2/77

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Reese, David,
Left site to join 32nd AADCOM IG Team based in K-town. Performed troop and records inspections.

Richardson, James,
AD FC Asst. CW3. Learned why counterparts warned me for 17 years to avoid Nike site duty in Germany.
Would have never made "20" if I had been there earlier and retired when I was subsequently
alerted to go back to Germany. - 410 Elm Lane, Johnson City, TN 37604

Betts, Herbert G,
Spent 3 months vacationing at Mcgregor in the Sands before being sent to the
armpit of Germany.
Sgt. 16C20 Spent 12 months in Scenic Dallau arriving a week before Christmas,
and missing my babies Birth. The best part of those 12 months was being introduced to
Mr. Jägermeister.The barricks was across from the town dump. But the beer was always good.
- postal Milford, MI

Gibney, Jim,
Acted as Top Secret NATO courier. Had a great time for 30 months.
Wouldn't trade the memories for anything. Returned to Germany 1982 for a
vacation, "greatest time I ever had" Met old German friends and I was asked to
extend my vacation and stay with them. Thanks!

5/76-10/77

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Golden, Edward (Allen) ,
fire control mechanic sp/4/5. Best job of my life.if anyone remembers
me and wants to email that would be great.

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Hall, Jesse,
Section Chief as a Sgt E-5, took over from SSG Bostick which was the best section chief ever, taught me
how to be an NCO. Played a lot of poker in the ready bldg.Does anyone remember what the first section on the left was
as you went through the guard shack into the launcher area? Anyone else have TDY at Mannhiem as a turn key at the
77th MP detachment? I miss all my old buddies. Moten, Spanky, Hamm, Auger, Cosby, Conway, Buck, Ferrell, Doc (Medic),
Sandman, Chisman, Garner, Tipton, Dodge, Medina, and many more that didn't come to mind. - 206 Empresario Dr
San Antonio, Tx 78253

Sneed, Pam,
Last name was Curtis. Was PFC and then SP/4. Was on IFC, worked on TTR,TRR and main job was MTR.
Had been to Crete (NAMFI)a few times. Had to take my turn also in the guard shack and in EMAS.
Also, cross trained some on launcher hill. Had some great and not so great times there, but it was like
family, ended up re-upping while there. Still miss some of the folks there sorely, wonder where and how
everyone is doing these days. - Roswell,NM

3/81-12/83

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Whicker, Dwaine,
first trip overseas shock to the system driving up and seeing the three buildings. Thought we were stopping for gas.

Berryhill, Robert E. 168 Ranch Rd. Slidell, La. -
25J20 OC repairman on tac site, Worked out of the direct support platoon
in Pirmasens. E-3 to E-4 Worked for SFC Bill Kenndy and worked with SP-6 Elimer Davis.
Capt. Carrol was the tac officer, Lt. John Carter was Batt. Officer, 1st. SGT was Comaco.
Alot of good guy to be with.

Harmon, Eddie,
SP4, ... was in the DSP. The DSP was the "Direct Support Platoon" a branch of
headquarters. We repaired the missiles, updated and rebuilt the launchers.
About each month we would get a launcher to rebuild. I rebuilt the hydraulics
on the launchers. Great duty, great team, nice location in German
country side. Learned a lot. Still in hydraulic servo systems.
Fran Young ... worked on the electronics. Robert Gallaher TN, Mike Patterson OH,
Daryl Beeler MO, Dwight Brown KY were in my immediate group. Coltwright was the
warrant officer. Joe Curbow was the E6. I was at Ft Sill OK 3/38 Sargent missile
for AIT and left there in 9-69 for 2/56. I left 2/56 in about 6-70 and went
to 11th signal in Kaiserslautern until my ETS.
- 38422 Webb Drive, Westland, MI 48185

Barrett, Robert,
mtr operator .spec.4 - at adepot outside city. We did what they called Bootstrap,
that is we broke down the site and moved to Zwiebrucken, to abrand new site had everthinng
set up in a day. We worked all day and most of the night. This site was later on to be
given to a German outfit.

Baldwin, Earl,
Spec 4, Crewman, Less than 60 men on Base, Did everything on
launch site-plus. Best years of my life.

6/75-3/77

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Byrne (Smith?), Timothy H.,
after supporting HHB 2/52 in Ft Bliss for ASP in the dessert.
Got to A btry after a major drug bust. And all newbees were suspect of being
narcs or plants. After 20 months and alot of decision making, I got out of the
service. Made Sp/5 under three years and remained locked in status.
- 501 Mathias Hammond Way #102 Annapolis Md. 21401

1/79-8/80

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Carlin, John A,
IFC. I have photos/stories ? would like to share with anyone who was there between Aug-66 to Dec-67.
Live in Buffalo area). Live in Buffalo area

8/66-12/67

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Cooper,Lyle E.,
Unfortunately, I averaged about 100 hours a week duty time, so I had no time to
see Germany.
It was here that a NATO inspector called my assault on a missile building
(I was leading the 40 man
back-up force) a "John Wayne" assault. :-) Another time the Battalion Commander
showed up very
early one morning after a Battery party, wanting to see the 40 man back-up force.
I finally got three
drunk men standing there, holding each other up. The commander was yelling at me
to get the rest
of them. I threw my E-6 stripes at him and he picked them up and threw them back,
saying that he
didn't want my stripes - he wanted to see 40 men standing there. Because of
this unhappy episode,
I wrote a letter to Senator Griffin, head of the Armed Forces Committee.
This letter came all the
way back to my Battery Commander, with my name totally blocked out. No one knew who
wrote it! I told the Senator that the 40 man backup force was a farce and only
existed on paper
to fool the military leaders. - 1347 E 62nd St, Tulsa, OK 74136

/73-/75

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Coyle, Roger Pat,
Was a SP5 in the assembly building. Came from site in San Francisco
area. Was there when the engineers came and built the guard towers. Lived off
base in Haslock. Have not been back. - 8170 Tapia Via Cucamonga, Ca 91730

5/70-12/71

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Daunais, Jack,
SP/5,parts clerk/assembly crewman. Three ASP trips to
Crete,lots of good times.

Holt, Sandra,
16 Charlie, Nike Hercules Fire Control Crew Member Many memories are still with me from all of my
Battle Buddies throughout my tour of duty in the United States Army. Contact me. -
3334 Zion Lane Apt. K-8 El Paso, Texas 79904

Jones, Kit,
nike crewman/assy e4 was a great place for the terminally lonely..
tried to go back, ... have located 4 people: ricky rainey,earl usry,dennis winton,
tim vanderboss...still looking for more:

Maher, Mike,
CPT, Battery Comander, the people I served with were great but it was
probably the toughest year of my life. A duece & half rolled over, a soldier shot
another, failed an NSI and missed honor battery by a quarter point. A wonder I made
it to retirement.

8/80-9/81

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Meldrum, William,
Worked IFC as 24Q SP4, with a little EMAS on the side. Interesting times.
Lots of Tac Evals. Closing sites flooded the field with E6&7's. No way to make rank
unless you had the Medal of Honor - 960 points to get E-5. Said siyanara, got out
and worked at AUTEC (sub warfare test range)in the Bahamas as a civilian.
Living well IS the best revenge. Good times, good people at the old battery.

5/79-11/80

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Miller, Clyde,
I was a 16B but chief Marvin Honie had me working in the assembly building as a PLL Clerk.
I was there when we had the big scare with the cracked bell housing on one of the nuke rounds,
and we were all locked inside the warhead building for hours. I was also the one who was hung out to dry
when the HPU exploded and Zemora and Lacy were injured. I knew I was going to jail that day. Thank God we
were able to prove what really happened. I lost some great friend while their, but I would walk through
hell with any one of the people who put up with the stress, loneliness,and all the other problems out in
the middle of no where. that experience made me a great soldier. If I could go back in time that is where I would go.
- 12929 Fire Fighter Dr. El Paso TX 79938

9/81-3/83

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Obert, Mark,
16b We closed down the battery in 8/84. It was the end of my nike days
and I got crosstrained into Patriot. A sad day

Rainwater, Russell,
SP4 ACK Operator at the time the site was located at Germersheim
and then it was moved sometime later. When we got to the Battery in August of
1964 they built the Berlin Wall and we went on alert for a week, then a two
years later the Cubin crisis happened.
I sure had a good time in Germany the beer was great and so were the girls..

Davis, James M.
tracking station operator Do you know where i might find some
pictures of that particular sight? I would appreciate any help with this or
any picture of the inside of a tracking station.

Gambino, Richard,
SP/5 IFC TRR oper. Went to Crete twice. The first one of the Lt's screwed up
and we flunked. The second time we were the first battery to get a zero point loss in the prep phase.
3 Glascow rd, Westampton, NJ 08060

Reder, George Edward II,
From SP5 got a direct appointment to WO-1. Upon appointment immediate orders to Brty B 2nd 56 Landau Germany under CWO-3
Cleo C.Philipps. ISG Johnny J. Jones was the ISG,and he later was promoted to senior Command Sargeant Major. We got the first
HIPAR in Germany. For two years straight we "ACED" all evals and inspections making us truly, "B" the best in ARADCOM. You betcha.
Our assembly sarg was Denver Parman [who I recommended for Warrant]. He and I briefed the English CINC on our Nuclear Warheads
with Gen Bear. The man knew his warheads, questions to direct [under NORFORN-DESIGN] so I had to turn the [confidentially]
over to Gen Bear. Command decision. - POB 241663, San Antonio, TX 78224-8663

Landers, Leslie A.,
I was in the Commo section and one of the first military persons
to occupy this site
after its construction by german nationals. The commo section layed in wire, cable,
and radio communications before the rest of the unit was allowed to move in. -
16491 hwy. 68 east, Hardin, kentucky 42048

3/59- 3/61

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Larsen, Doug,
Worked in IFC, and Admin. areas. There during the Munich Olympics, and during the
bombings of US bases by Bader-Meinhof gang.AT first we received $15/month
"isolation"pay, then after a year they changed the rules, and took it away.
We were just as isolated, but $15/month poorer.
- 72 Gregg Pl. S.I., N.Y. 10301

4/71-9/73

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Litz, Joseph M.,
PFC launcher crewman It's sad to see that everything is gone. The duty was tough
but many good memories. - 159 Westwood Manor Butler,Pa. 16001

Stewart, Jerry,
16c I was a range operator. I must say thay were the greatest
days of my life being on a Nike battery even with the 24 on and 24 off days
it was still great being on the sight. My best memories are being Germany
What a wonderful place and being isolated the way we were getting
to really know the people I worked with.

/72-/75

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Swayze, Ernest R. Jr.,
SP/4 Ack operator, started on TTR. Great time, great people to work with.
A couple of the best years of my life. Was actually at two Seattle sites first then
sent here. - 223 Porter Cr. Rd., Elma, WA

Boling, David,
I was a 16B10 Herc Missile Crewman which is another way to say "Tower Rat". I've been trying to put together
some information about what Delta Battery was like "in the day" since it's gone now. I have some pictures that I took
when I was there and some others that I found on the net. I also have some maps from "google earth" if anyone is interested.
I have contacted a couple people that were there during this time frame, but would like to hear from others as well.
- postal address North Carolina

DiGregorio, Thom ("DG"),
I arrived as an SP4 and left the same way! This site had been
awaiting (for a few years!) the arrival of a mobile HIPAR antenna. Since I had
Acq experience I was offered the operator's position, pending the antenna's
arrival. In the interim I functioned as the IFC area's carpenter, electrician,
and painter (which meant I wasn't on one of the rotating crews!). Eventually
the HIPAR arrived, consisting of four tractor trailers: two with electronics,
one with two 50KW generators, and one with an "Erector Set" antenna. (There
may have been a fifth trailer, but if there was, I've forgotten what it held!)
We got the HIPAR up and running just before I departed Germany! -
Germany: good people, great wine!

Harrison, Sandy,
then in 1980 back to Germany as commander of D Btry, 2/56
Moved to 94th ADA Brigade staff in late 1981 - first as Assistant S-3
and then S-3 until I departed in 1983. Later was Range Commander at Kwajalein Missile
Range from 1989-1991.

MacDonald, Russ.
SP4, MOS 26J20 LOPAR (Acq Radar) tech, spilled 10,000 gallons of diesel
that was running down the road into town, we spent four days digging dirt
and carting it away in hopes the Rads didn't find out. I don't think
they ever did.

Ozogar, Ed,
(alternate e-mail), SP4 & 16C Computer
Operator... Was a section chief for a while and then ran the T-1 simulator
and traing for the Live Fire at Crete. Had some great times. All those
poker games in the IFC. Sorry i took everone's money. NOT!!!! We even had
a few boxing matches down in sleeping area. Heck I can not remember many of
your names. Oh yes, one of my first Platton Seargent was SFC HOLT, anyone
remember him? Let see, then there was pretty boy as my section chief. Dont
remember the name just all those darn women who called when I was on SOG
duty.

/77-/80

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Proudfoot, Herman,
We, non-coms, mostly quartered in the Zweibrucken caserne,
although we spent little time there, however there was a club there which at
the time I was interested in. An awful lot of time march ordering equipment
and going on boot strap, real or imagined, with some firings in the states
mixed in. I would never want to do it again, but as the saying goes, would
not take good money for the experience. I left the MPs and the infantry
for ADA and think it was in all probability a pretty good choice.

From: Donald Yarbrough < ducky2 @ sbcglobal . net >
Here is a document that will show when charlie battery 3/71st ada was officially moved from
kleingartach, germany to hardheim,germany. Hope this helps for you to document the facts

Berryhill, Robert E. 168 Ranch Rd. Slidell, La. -
25J20 OC repairman on tac site, Worked out of the direct support platoon
in Lugwiburg, barricks in Kornwestheim. E-5 worked for SFC Sam Redit and SP-6 Dick Goitt.
Worked with Jim Bob Laketon from Denton,Tx. Had some good times with all my buddy and
had some lonesome times from my wife and baby. Remember sitting, getting drunk and
watching the Muffets on TV.

6/77-7/78

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Blatchford, Chuck,
SP4, Battalion Operations Center 16H, please I've already heard all the jokes about
intelligence in the military. Wouldn't trade the experience for the world. Playing guitars, skateboarding,
good times. Got out after 3 joined active reserves at Ft Belvoir for 3. Managed to get Ronald Regan
to sign my Honorable. All in all it was a great six years. - 11199 Cardinal Drive Remington, VA 22734

06/76-03/79

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Cheek, Christopher G.,
Commander and BCO, CPT.414 O'Hern Court, Stone Mountain, GA
30088-1302 - Unit was named Best HHB in 32nd AADCOM for two years in a row.
Had the first women assigned to a "combat arms" unit, and the first woman's
last name "Kuntz" (can you imagine what "we" had to put up with). Fun times
was winning in excess of 32 trophies for sports in all of USAREUR tournaments.
Building race cars and carrying the battery to the race track south of Stuttgart.
The thing I most remember was how close the personnel in the unit were and it
seems are now. I will never forget the men an the espirit de corps the soldiers
had and how well everyone could work and play together.
Hats Off to All of my former troops I love you dearly.

Halcomb, Roger,
I was a radio repairman 31L20. My job was to keep all the radio relays running for the sites
around Kornwestheim. My parent unit was in Kaiserslaughtern and there were about 7 people attached there
with the highest ranking person being a SSG Garcia. We were located in the basement HQ 3/71st office building
and lived in the barracks directly accross from the motor pool. Have a lot of memories of going to the
beer fest with my friends. Art Medina and myself bought a Opel and painted it orange.
- 1302 Hayner road, Bowling Green, KY 42104

Moran, Lucien,
spec 5, Assigned to COL Rogers, Personnel Driver.Kornwesthiem, Germany Wilkenson
Barracks, (also Milatary police at same barracks)Formed a group of 5, known as the
Aggressors, we would ambush the units on ALert, in the country side of Germany, to
sharpen the defence and security skills of the troops. It was the best years of my
Life, so many after my arrival, left for duty to vietnam,
28 Arrowhead Rd Trumbull, Ct 06611

Roellig, James,
Assigned to the HHB Motor Pool as a 62B, so I then became the TAMMS Clerk (Dispatcher)
for both HHB and DSP which was located on Flak Kasern. I was one of the last to leave since
I had to do all the paper work on the equipment. That assignment was the best of my 14 years
of service. I also provided service as a mechanic on equipment located at B Battery.

Bridges, Nate,
MP. We have an MP reunion site on Yahoo. Search groups for dallaump. Just came
back from Germany and old site two weeks ago. By this time next year all will be gone.
Launcher is now a horse ranch. Nice fellow who owns it.
- PO Box 179, Sunnyside, WA 98944

Brittain, Roger D.,
SP/4 Acquisition Radar Operator. later became 'mailman' at headquaters:
Stutgart, Germany - In 1968 I was in B - 3 - 71st which was in Grossachsenheim, Germany.
I read somewhere on the web that Grossachsenheim was renamed Sachsenheim, so,
it look like they dropped the Gros prefix. I can't verify that information.

Crowe, C. James,
I started out in down range in the sections (pulled lots of
tower rat duty) then went to assembly area. Got to go to Crete two years in
a row. Came to Bravo an E-2 and left a Sgt. Lots of memories...some not so
good due to my own fault but so many more wonderful memories of good times
and great people. So psyched to find this site.

11/76-03/79

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Cupo, Nunzie,
lots of good times. Never in the barrack always making money buy CQ
and loan out money. - New Jersey

1/78-7/80

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Devenger, Ralph,
The memorable assignment in my twenty years in the army
10148 Racoon Dr. El Paso, Tx 79924

Luke, Robert J, (Jim),
E-4, Assemble & Service. About a month before I left,
I reported a incident
in on of the sections, after a short in a cable that was keyed wrong. It
blow a warhead fuse in a missle 4 or 5 stations away form the test station.
That was interesting.

7/68-7/69

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Martinez, Frank
Sp. 5, 24Q20 IFC Technician,
Ed, the Herc's were white at our base. It was in the 60's and como was not being used.
I remember moving our site (Yes we were mobile)
to a field exercise with the launchers and herc's
through various towns with MP escorts. We made
a pretty site in white except for the IFC radar covers.
The IFC trailers were white also.
The BC, TTR/TRR/MTR and maintenance vans were Army green.

'67-'68

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McPheeters, Wallace D.,
PFC missileman and launch control trailer (LCT) generators.
30 hrs on, 18 off. Lived in Kleinsachsenheim upstairs in most modern house
in town - had a garage and no car, had no phone or TV. The owner walked to Grossachsenheim
to work and back for lunch and back again. They had 6 liter hot water heater in summer.
Oil heat in winter. Drove 1950 VW, red primer with yellow polkadots. Drove to Sweden and
England (via ferries). Camped all over. Wife and I learned some German. Had a good time.
Friendly people. Got there just before the Cuban missile crisis. The locals were so
relieved when it stood down. Hope to go back in 2006.

Taylor, Gerald,
missile crewman Herc. I remember a bird built a nest in a launcher and the section chief
would not let us raise it for daily checks until the birds hatched and flew away.
Good duty there.

3/62-8/63

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Taylor, Larry,
16C10 Remember gliders next to base, and the beer was hot
but so was the House of Three Colors in Stuttgart. Did not know
German - got lost on the trains. Fort Ord to Fort Bliss and when
the sun caame up was some place in Germany think Pirmasans.
The beer was strong. -- Las Vegas, Nev

/66

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Vollor, Lawrence,
Was trained as a 13b20 (field artillary) sent to B/3/71 to be crosstrained as a 16B10
ended up in security 95B10 was a spec-4

McFarland, John,
Made 2 trips from Germany to Ft.Bliss,TX. One of first to have 2 kills with one Missile.
First Btry to Lock on and track infamous B58 Hustler in Neb.
- 2812 Tiny Ridge Way,Pacific,Mo 63069

Rayfield, Darrell
Sp.4 Looking for friends from charlie battery or anyone who was there
with some good stories.

10/72-6/74

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Reese, David,
XO Lived with two other officers, Tom Gaffey and Bob Leonard,
first in an apartment in Hardheim above the Sparkasse, then in the Landgasthoff
zum Ross in Schweinberg (Kuenzig family). Would like to hear from any of the troops
stationed there.

4/67-6/68

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Richardson, James,
IFC Warrant Officer, CW3. Tour included 4 ASPs at Crete. Besides TAC EVALs, MOUSF,
(Modernization of US Facilities) made this assignment unique. Admin and support buildings
were gutted in 75-76 requiring unit operations to be conducted and supported from tents.
Thought winters were cold before but MOUSF project let us appreciate Valley Forge.
- 410 Elm Lane

Salazar, Richard,
95B M.P. SP.4 provided security at the launch site, and really nothing
more. Worked the unit bar for a couple of years for extra money, Went to the NCO
academy in Badtoes up by the Bavarian Alps, picture post cad area. Good training for
civilian life..

7/71-2/74

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Simons, Gerald,
... I am still in contact with close friends from that site.
I retired from the Army in 1985 as editor of the Recruiter Journal magazine.

Arzuagas, Carlos,
Military Police tower rat. Had many good memories and made lots of good friends during my time there. I would like to visit the area again one day. Thanks for the great site!
- Po Box 488; Bunker Hill, IL 62014

02/78-11/79

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Bauza, Phil,
Lot of fun & travel, Great friends and parties!!!! Kicking out the Delta Darlings as S.O.G.

7/77-9/80

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Beebe, Gregory,
IFC Operator Storm that wrecked the base and killed French soldiers.

Cheek, Christopher G.,
XO, 1st LT. 414 O'Hern Court, Stone Mountain, GA 30088-1302 -
I will never forget the card games, and the cookouts using the tracking radar
to (microwave) the food and negotiating with the locals for dirt using Jim Beam
for trading material. I also will not forget all the folks and the fun.
1976 Wine is still the best year for wine for Germany.

6/75-12/76

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Crisp, Dale,
I was in the MP section for my full tour. Had many good times with lots of great memories. Worked with some
of the craziest people that I had EVER met. Like "The Delta 7", Cha Cha Pellitier, movies in the barracks bar, Frogs,
Turks, "Battle Stations" October 1973, and of course great beer. Never went back to Germany, maybe one of these days!
Best of life to all and I hope that life was good to you.

Howard, Keith,
31M20 UHF radio operator attached to IFC. Too many commo guys-
worked one 24 hrs, was off 4 days. eventually an 8 hour day was put in there.
loved this place... just had reunion with Steve (Doc) Averette and Tom (Putz)
Waters - was good to see these two guys again!!!

Klein, Raymond F.,
MOS 16C20 SP/5. After my discharge in 10/74, I returned to
Pforzheim in 12/74 and married a German Fraulein. We've returned to Pforzheim
many times and have seen a lot of changes. The IFC site is now a recycling depot,
and the barracks in Buchenberg has fallen into disrepair. If anyone has a chance
to return to where they were stationed, go. It's well worth the trip. -
Smithton, Il. 62285

4/72-10/74

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Lange, Robert (Bob),
24Q30 Radar and computer repair. Drove a '69 Mustang, burgandy color.
Lived in the housing area at Keiselbronn.

Spencer, Ken,
I started as a missile equipment repairman 62C20. started in launcher area and cross trained on generators and
then moved to the IFC area. I had 2 Mini Coopers a green one and a red one that I totaled. I also rode a Triumph
650 Bonniville and belonged to the Cavemen mc. - 5410 Aspen Ave. Portage, IN. 46368

Tracy, Rodger,
SP5, IFC Technician - saw tornado in Pforzheim, went to Crete and fired one Herc
and got to fly the AF Globemaster on the way down with our site crew in the back of the airplane,
took the site mobile to the field barely got it operational, went home got my EE and worked
for Hewlett Packard/Agilent Technologies for 30 years. - 2396 Herndon Dr., East Wenatchee, WA 98802

Urban, Daniel J.
24U Hercules Electronic Tech
only mobile battery in existance at 3/71
it seemed like a punishment

'83

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Whicker, Dwaine,
Made some good friends at both sites, still am able to keep in touch with a few of them.w Byler,
Franks, Rooster, Chaz, Blankenship, Spud, Nancy, Lt. Jones, Quincy. Would like to hear from anyone that was
there at that time.Retired a couple of years back, blew a knee out during Irag. Wife and I are planning a
trip back over in 09 just to see how things have changed and to show here around.

Buchheim, Mark,
1st Lt., supported 520 Brigade Aerienne (French).
Enjoyed the French more than the Texans I served with.

04/63-09/64

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Fink, Larry,
Warheading team of 357th Arty Det, in the far south. We trained at Fort bliss TX
from December 61 until we deployed as a unit to Stetten, Bottington and
Interlingen. Teams A & B at Setten along with HQ. An interesting time on a
French Nike Hercules site. Tried to get a put a 50th reunion together in 2011,
but most everyone has passed on. Robert Degraves was helping with that
effort, until he too passed on. - PO Box 982 Cedar Ridge CA 95924

Rebsam, Alain,
Before 1961 Stetten site belonged to French Army.
French Air Force took it beginning 1961. In 1962 we opened Mengen and Munsingen sites.
Training and "competitions" where done in Fort Bliss by El Paso.
Address is 28 rue des Vinaigriers, 75010 Paris, France

Aldridge, Ronald,
SP4 Ron Aldridge, aka Breeze -
Was on a warhead team on a French NATO base. Stetten Germany was our headquarters.
The French had the missles
and we had control of the arm plugs. Discharged in 65 and sent home on an
old troop ship. Good duty in Germany, girls were friendly and the beer
was very good.Would like to get in contact with anyone who remembers me.
- 1914 Paris Dr., Godfrey, Il. 62035

6/63-/65

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Bloom, Leroy,
SP4 GUARD married a German girl from Inneringen ,go back about once a year.
Barracks gone, Launch site still there.Only 2 of 7 gasthauses still open. -
516 Main Rd., Hunlock Creek, pa

Eveillard, Guy,
French Air-Force Staff Seargent. (IFC maintenance) until December 1966,
when we gave back the system to US troops, after leaving NATO.
Attended USAADS Foreign students Batallion French Air-Force in El Paso, Tx.
8/65-8/66 - looking for class mates - plan to visit El Paso in 2011.
I would like to get contact with my friends of Fort-Bliss Nike Hercules
fire control system course 2/66.
Now retired Lt-Col - 124 chemin du regage 83190 ollioules france

Phillips, W. Leon,
I lost all addresses of my buddies on the way back from Germany.
After fourty some years it's hard to recall some of the names. Anyone having
info on team four at Mengen please email me. - 298 Park Circle Sparta MO. 65753
65810

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Other Units or Organizations - sorted numerically, alphas below

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USAAD Miesau
4th ord gen. repair depot

Miesau (Rheinland Pfalz)
80 Km SW Wiesbaden
Info from Doyle Piland,
Ordnance web site "The 4th Ordnance Company (GMGS) was (still is I think, supporting Patriot)
in Miesau, Germany. It was the backup support for all Direct Support
Units/Platoons (GMDS) in Germany. I believe it also supported the Supply
Depot in Kaiserslautern. Most GMGS units did support the depot serving the
area they were in."

11/79-12/82

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Cooley, Robert,
Spec 4 - Nike Launcher/ Control Repairman. While there, I drove for battalion
colonel for about six months.

2/74-7/76

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Dominguez, David ,
I worked in the repair shop as a clerk. At that time we repaired the Nike, Hercules,
Hawk and Pershing missile systems. In my opinion we had a great group of guys there.
That includes most of the brass as well, with the exception of Mr Meservy,
a CWO and all-around a*****e.

11/64-02/67

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07/71-07/74

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Eisenschenk, David,
Completed 23N20 in Redstone Arsenal late '69. Scheduled for MOI training to become
an instructor, but ... - SP5 Radar and Computer Tech. The 4th Ord was a
general support unit in south-central Germany, and supported several Nike
sites throughout Germany. Was discharged 30 days early due to a troop
reduction effort in Europe.

2/70-9/71

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Schnabel, Richard,
254.1, SP6, After return from French Air Force in 12 1966 than was TDY to Kaiserslautern Army
Depot as MICOM Rep.

12/65-10/68

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Waddell, Lynn E,
SP4. 22L2t (nike track radar and test equipment repairman).
When I first got to the 4th ord I had to rebuild all the power supplies in shop 3 because
no one knew you had watch and change out the air conditioner filters- the shop had
been sitting there non funtional for over a year. "Short timers" would break hard to get
parts and hope they would rotate before the part arrived because they had no idea
how to trouble shoot the chassis we would get from the direct support sites.

Radisch, William,
Western Electric manager in charge of Installation and Test of the Nike UpGrade

5/82-11/82

C/11th ADA Signal Bn.

Darmstadt Terminal 52

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8/70 to 1/72

32nd AADCOM Tac Eval Team

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Darmstadt

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Harvard, Al,
Major Maintenance Officer -
Also served as the Maintenance Chief for the NATO Tac-Eval team. Had 8 CWO4's in that group.
One was DOYLE PILAND (Herc ODC) and another JERRY BEARD (Herc Organizational) Returned to Redstone
to take the helm of the Low Altitude Missile Ordanance School before retiring in Nov '79.
- 7 Harvard Ct Coto de Caza, CA 92679

7/76-7/79

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Zito, Joe,
CW2 I evaluated Nike IFC and LCA for the Italians, Dutch, German,
Belgian and Norwegian sites. I also evaluated the PATRIOT systems, the TSQ-38
and 73 C2 Systems HAWK and Airbases--especially in command and control.

/69-/70

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2/72-2/73

1/43d Direct Support Platoon

Ludwigsburg Germany

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2/82-1/85

HQ, 51st USA Arty Det -

Adelheide

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Weinschenker, Kurt,
Detachment clerk. Lot of wild memories. Watching "Full Metal Jacket" dubbed
into German with a theater full of draftees was one of them. Spent last couple weeks
in Caspari-Kaserne in Delmenhorst (now demolished) while we cleaned out the US
building in Adelheide. 3d (and last) site I helped close.
Now digital journalist at WTRF-TV.

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59 Ord Bde
557 WSAAG, 96 Ord Co.

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Allen, Ralph W.,
Com Ctr NOCIC, SGT on duty both times we went to full alert due to terroist activity.
Present day Group cdr was relieved on the spot and flown out for lack of control.
Worked down range last 6 months.
Caught a Nike head from falling to pavement.

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Goodman, Abe,
35F10/55G20 Nuclear Weapons electronics/ Maint specialist. Sp4(P),
Traveled all over europe providing General and Direct support for Nike system.
. Did the deinstall of the system.

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Oosterhouse, Jerry, I was sp/5, nuclear weapons technician, 1968-1970.
96th had storage and maintenance duties for our site at Bellersdorf, and also maintenance
support for all the missile detachments of the 557th. You should check out the following
sites: http://armykaserne.com for the 557th,
and http://herbornseelbach.multiply.com
for the 96th . One missile det. not listed under 557th was the 30th mssle det. located
in Giessen. We were part of SASCOM. Please do not give out my e-mail address.

7/71-1/73

83 arty det

Montabauer Germany

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162nd Ord. Det.
(Nike)

Hoppstadten

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Huffman, William,
Organized and operated mobile supply unit in a shop van which hit all area
sites weekly

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Nate, Patrick,
lived in the 3rd Cav, Smith Barracks on the third floor... terrible food...
nutty cooks... Have lots of photos .. have half of a novel on that unit finished.... was a great place..
.... I remember all the trains and changes.. even in Baumholder the PFC that drove me out there
in the middle of the night thought it was Dante's Inferno country. ... we all survived .. had lots of help
from lots of pretty German ladies.... up at the hospital club.. I was in a band that played there.
I always wanted the Zeus to survive... that was what I had hoped to do later. ..
PO Box 312185, New Braunfels, Texas, 78131

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195th ORD DET

Karlsruhe Germany

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Larsen, Carl A. Jr.,
... worked with George Schooley and Bob Collis, who are listed. Was a 252 and 253
Tracking and Acq Rpmn, and held a bunch of other jobs, too. -
18847 N. Alameda Drive, Surprise, Arizona, 85387-6454 -
ph/fax: 623-594-1783

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Schooley, George,
ssg internal guidance - Gerzewski barracks -
Visited the old shop in 03, brought back a lot of memories.
Did have some trouble getting into Gerzewski but managed.

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Green, Charles Ron,
I was assigned to the small Class B Agent finance office in Soegel. I arrived as a SP5 and left as a SSG.
Since the soliders in that office got to do everything finance (i.e., travel pay, cashier duty, military pay ops, etc.)
I really polished my skills in that office. I retired in 1991 as a Sergeant Major. I actually had two tours in Soegel,
1972-1974 and 1974-1977. I went back to CONUS for a BNCOC course. I really enjoyed my time in Soegel and came to
appreciate the difficult jobs the weapons folks and their support people had.

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Kernan, James,
my job was ass't operations sargeant ... I believe this was unusual since the operation sargeant was
an e9 rank and I was a know nothing e2 draftee who at that time had about 1 year left in the army ...
it was however a very interesting 12 months and I'm grateful I had that opportunity. ... left the Army an e4 ...

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603rd AC&W SQ

Langerkopf, Germany (32nd Arty Bd)

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Jungers, David,
I was in the Army Unit at the 603rd. I manned a radar scope. 3 days on, 3 days swing/graveyard,
and then 3 days off. Great duty with the Air Force - No inspection or s**t details. Just do your job...period.
- 1224 Deer Horn Ln. N.Las Vegas,NV 89031

Mechernich 55 km SW of Cologne

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I was stationed at A Battery 2/56 ADA in Geinsheim, Germany from 1982 until it closed in 1984.
Our Launcher Platoon Leader was 1LT Beverly M. Smith. She was also our best TCO!
She was promoted to captain and re-assigned to Pirmasens as the adjutant.
She went on to become one of the first female ADA Battalion Commanders and is now
or recently was the Pacific Missile Test Facility at Kwaduline Atol as a full
Colonel (Col. Beverly M. Stipe). She has had had a great career and her great
beginnings were in the Nike Family!

There were also a number of female soldiers working at the site as Military Police, Medic, and Supply.

As you know, I just found your site. I have enjoyed the exploring and remembering things I thought were lost to history.

I did want to provide you with a ?Next Generation? view of what had been SASCOM and became 59th Ordnance Brigade a few months before my arrival in Germany in 1978, in particular the 35th USAAD. Most of the problems Richard mentioned remained true throughout my tenure in Germany (that is, until 1981). Although we did generally have three officers, we almost never had a qualified team sergeant (there being by that time virtually no 16-series E-7s who had not either retired or converted to WO), never in my experience had a clerk, and rarely had more than 25 or 26 men assigned. For five long and horrible months in Rodenkirchen, we managed with 2 officers and 20 men (plus or minus one) because of a drug bust. And this was during an NSI cycle (see below).

As shorthanded as everyone was, we could only concentrate on the core missions ? custody and warheading. Most other Army stuff, such as training schedules, PT (until I became TC, anyway), non-special ammunition property records, non-two-man key control, etc., were pretty well left to the weeks before the ?NSI Cycle? or the AGI. We were thoroughly inspected, certainly; the NSI cycle lasted about three months every twelve to fifteen months, and started with an inspection from Det; then a ?technical assistance visit? (TAV) from group, then the ?Brigade Security Evaluation? from Pirmasens before we actually saw the NSI. We also put up with annual tactical evaluations from 2ATAF and the Air Force (these cycles following the German chain of command in the same was as the NSI followed ours), an AGI from USAREUR, and inspections from every tenant unit in Bremerhaven, from the physical security people to the dining facility folks, on what seemed like a weekly basis.

My first year all three of the sites on which I served operated on the waiver Richard discussed, permitting the duty officer to be on call at home at night if the Senior Custodial Agent (SCA) was SANRAS qualified. 59th pulled all the waivers in the summer of 1979 and we had to stay on site (or, later, in the admin area) through duty. This little bit of bureaucratic mischief was compounded by a massive increase in traffic, which meant that generally both the officers and senior NCOs were awake all night, one night in three, and pulled normal business hours the other day (although the workload was such that ?normal? hours were often 0700-2000 or later). Of course, we went though all the post-Vietnam vicissitudes of the Army as well; I remember that 15 of my EMs were considered functionally illiterate (including two 24Us!) and had to be made available for ?basic skills education? four hours a week. We also had a couple of bouts with drug busts, and one CQ who opened fire on me and the team sergeant after snorting cocaine. These incidents would result in the perps being ?pulled from the [personnel reliability] program? and leaving us even shorter handed.

552d Group in Soegel (pronounced ZER-gel) was the command element for the ?northern 3? dets ? the 35th, 42d, and 51st ? when I first arrived, but when 59th Ordnance Group (PROV), the replacement for SASCOM, was reorganized in the summer of 1978 into 59th Ord Bde, all AD elements were placed under 5th Group in Bueren. Our supporting signal corps folks remained in Soegel, though, and we still took SANRAS/EMAS tests and did our two-man turn-ins of cookies and code there. We continued to wear the USAREUR patch through my tenure, although one of my A&M sergeants proudly kept his SASCOM patch on his (never-worn) greens, telling me that it made his uniform SRFD (SECRET-Formerly Restricted Data, in case anyone has forgotten?)

I was originally to have gone to the 42d in Barnstorf, but 552d Group reassigned me after one day to the 35th. I started as Assembly and Maintenance (A&M) Officer at C Team in Wiesmoor in May 1978. Newly-promoted Captain Gilmore was the TC; he would leave to take over the 51st Det (I think) a couple of months later. I remember the following conversation when I reported to him:

CPT: ?LT (pronounced, of course, ELL-TEE), you know all that junk [not the word he used] they told you at Fort Bliss about how if you blow an NSI [nuclear surety inspection) they relieve you, put you in jail, and ruin your life forever??
Me (feeling much relieved): ?Yes, sir??
CPT: ?Well, it?s all true, every bit of it.?

He then handed me USAREUR Reg 50-100 and told me that I would be sleeping in my office until I passed the CA (custodial agent) test in Hohenkirchen. Thus inspired, I managed to pass it three days later.

I weathered an NSI in Wiesmoor and so pleased everyone ? even the new Det WO, Cliff Atchley ? that I was moved to D Team in Dornum that October (literally the day of the post-NSI party in Wiesmoor). I only stayed in Dornum long enough to pass an NSI and Tac Eval, and then I was moved to B Team in Rodenkirchen after a drug bust there in February 1979. I don?t doubt the next stop would have been A Team in Hohenkirchen, but the chief of the NSI party in Rodenkirchen that April had also been on the other two NSI teams; he called Captain Pierce, the Det Commander, over at the outbriefing and said ?You see that lieutenant over there? I?m not going to see him again, am I?? So I stayed in Rodenkirchen, first as A&M, then as security officer, and finally (from December 1979 to May 1981) as Team Commander. We did have some good times ? we won the USAREUR small unit flag football championship in 1980, for instance ? and a lot of long hours.

By the last few months of my tenure in Rodenkirchen, the German magazine Der Stern had published the coordinates of every site in 5th Group, we started having demonstrations along the highway by our site, and rumors of closure abounded. When I got back to Fort Bliss in June of 1981, I was promoted to CPT and retreaded into 14G. A friend from the 35th called me one Sunday afternoon, waking me up (just barely); when he realized I was asleep, he just said ?Sir, you have a message downrange? and hung up. I was halfway out the door when I realized what I was doing and he called back, saying ?Got you, didn?t I?? I still have stress dreams of the team, mostly panicking when I remember that we haven?t done an emergency destruction drill in oh, thirty years?.

I lost track of most everyone from that time, particularly after I left active duty. I really appreciate your site and knowing ?the rest of the story.?

Best,
Ben Lowe
MAJ AD USAR (ret)

PS?BTW, my father was chaplain of the 314 Ord Bn at Hampton Roads Army Terminal, which provided GS to the local Nike sites. I actually had a photo of an ASP shoot in my room when I was growing up ? which let me taunt my NCOs with the information that my father had worked with the system, too?

A Team 501st USAAD was a custodial unit assigned to the 5th United
States Army Artillery Group in Germany. A Team was attached to the 23rd
FlageRockett Bn of the German Air Force in Lich located about 8 miles
from Giessen. One of four teams, our mission was to defend both the air
and ground corridor of the Fulda Gap. It was kind of scary when we went
to our sister teams and found out that we were sitting on the
"Bullseye". All of their weapons were pointed directly at our position.
Gives you a warm sense of security. Great info and glad to see that the
Old Lady of Air Defense is being kept alive. She was a great system and
taken care of by a great bunch of people.

Yes, the German Air Force had numerous Nike Sites throughout West
Germany. The typical configuration of the Launching Area was three
firing sections A, B, and C Section. Two of the three firing sections
were controlled by US Custodial personnel because of the nuclear
payloads mated to the missile. All access and maintenance within those
firing sections was strictly monitored and controlled by armed US
personnel. I guess the term "Ground Zero" would have been better than
the "Bullseye". You didn't really get that warm and fuzzy feeling when
things started to get hectic. From what I've been able to gather, the
germans have converted over to Patriot now. The Fulda Gap was one of
the prime invasion routes from East Germany into West Germany. A real
prime piece of real estate.

In 1974, during my military duty, I was part of 52 Missile Squadron , part of 13th Wing, based at Euskirschen.
In Belgium , the Nike units ( previously with Ajax) were part of the Belgian Air Force.

It is in 1957 that Belgium did complete its defence system by using missiles instead of aircraft only.

In the orbit of Mutual Defence Aid Program, the first Belgian personnel was send in november 1957 in the USA
for training. The training lasted two years and by the return in Belgium, the units began assembling their
new material in provisional locations at Elsenborn (near the German border ) and in Bierset Air Base near
Liege, waiting their posting to definitive locations in Germany, under construction.

Created on 6 October 1959, the new unit was called 3e Wing d'Engins T?l?guid?s Sol- Air (3rd WETSA)
(Third wing of Ground to Air teleguide Missiles).

In December 1959, it took over the traditions of the 13 Fighter Wing , disbanded in July 1958 ( these
wing flew with Meteor Aircraft)

The second unit , 9 WETSA, was formed on 28 May 1962 and took over the traditions of 9th Fighter Wing ,
disbanded in june 1960.
A little bit later , the two units changed their names in 13th Missile Wing and 9th Missile Wing.Each unit
had 4 missiles squadrons and a technical and support unit.

The coordination needs between the two units and the fact that they were stationed outside Belgium on German
ground, necessitated a higher level of Command , having authority on the two wings and wich was called
"Groupement Missiles" .It was created in June 1962.

The first bases in Germany were occupied by 13th Wing units in 1962 in D?ren ( 50 squadron), Blankenheim(
51 squadron), Euskirschen(52squadron) and Kaster(53 squadron) ( not far from K?ln and the Belgian border).

The 9th Wing arrived in Germany in 1965 only after having been trained in the USA in 1961 and having been
at Elsenborn and Bierset , left over by 13th Wing , now in Germany.

End in 1962, a third unit was created , reunifying the support under the name W S Msl (Wing Support Missile).
This was stationed in Duren during winter 62-63.

In 1965, the 53 squadron , based at Kaster, left 13th Wing to be put under command of 9th Wing. 55 squadron
of the 9th Wing went to Kapellen-Erft and the 56 squadron stayed for a while in Elsenborn.

In 1971, the 54 squadron , last unit of 9th Wing arrived at Xanten and by 1976, the 56 squadron ,left Elsenborn
and took its quarters at Erle .

All units were disbanded in the mid and late eighties. 53 and 57 squadrons were disbanded in 1983, 52 and 55
squadrons in 1985,51 and 54 squadrons in 1989, 50 and 56 squadrons in 1990.

I have a very good souvenir of those 10 months in 52 sqn. I was working as switchboard operator in the launching
Control trailer. The radars of the units were not on the same sites as the missiles. They were on a hill not far,
some kilometers. We had 3 sections , two of them under US custody as each section had nuclear head on some Hercules
( tip of missile was red- I remember).Each year , the Belgians units went to Creta in Greece to practice live firing.

The most notable incident I remember was when we were put on NATO real alert as a soviet Mig 25 foxbat was crossing the
Iron Fence , going south to photograph the Plateau d'Albion in Southern France were the french had a Intercontinental
Nuclear Missile base. Some time later , he came back, again full alert for nothing.

I was reading on your website about the Dutch contingent, the 121st Squadron Nike Hercules Guided missiles.
As a dutch born citizen, I was drafted into the air-force in 1972 and consequently trained in Nijmegen (NL)(basic training, later 6 weeks in Arnheim for a specific training to serve the Nike Hercules missile group.
After that, we were all moved to W. Germany and scattered all over the country. Some of us went to Muenster, some to Osnabrueck and other sites which I don't remember so well.

I went to Osnabrueck or more specific to the little town of Bohmte, which was located on the road to Duemmersee and the City of Diepholz.
Bohmte was a tiny village, the barracks were located right in town.
The missile site was about 6 kilometers out in the fields and the radar station was another 10 kilomets or so located in the little town named Bad Essen.
The radar station was located on top of the hills, my then-neighbor Cpl.Martin van Rietschoten worked there since he was trained on computers and flight tracking.
The barracks were rather small, maybe 3 buildings and offices, a casino and a maintenance building.
All the private soldiers lived in the barracks as where higher ranking personal lived in the town of Bohmte, mostly in rented houses.

The missile site had 3 buildings: Alpha,Bravo and Charlie. Contrary to common custom, Alpha and Bravo were not stocked with nuclear warheads, all missiles had conventional warheads.
(sometime between, I spend a few weeks on the Muenster site, which had nuclear warheads and the going was a lot tougher. The nuclear warheads were under strict US control and we weren't even allowed to go there!)

Sometime in the summer of 1974, I spend some weekend duty's on the radar site in Bad Essen and became a little bit more familiar with the radar site.
I recall there were 5 radar and computers with the size of a wall-unit. Bigger than later IBM mainframe or DEC computers. It was my understanding that these computers were manufactured by Bell-Howell and vacuum tube operated.

All we ever did in Bohmte and Bad Essen was practicing the worst case scenario!
Myself, I served as a SPO (Section Panel Operator) because I was the only one that spoke good enough English to participate.
I also served at times as a crew member nr 4 ; the one that was responsible for the diesel generators and the power supply for the bunker.
The bunker was build mostly above ground, furthermore there was an assembly building for maintenance and repair, a kitchen with small restaurant and some other buildings for various purpose. The whole area wasn't really all that big.

At the end of summer 1974, we were called into the commanders office and it was announced that the site was going to be closed and they let us off 2 months before the end of the regular draft.
I stayed in the Town of Bohmte as I met my then wife there and witnessed how all the buildings were demolished and the area was completely cleaned up and today is completely unrecognizable ....that's why you didn't find any info about it.
Maybe there are some remnants of the radar station on top of the hills but nobody really ever goes there...so it is possible to find some bits and pieces.

I hope with this info to have been able to shed some light on this, the official name was: 121st Squadron Nike-Hercules guided missiles, Dutch NATO troops.